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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



I October 21, 1876. 



TrwBLEBB fAny other varietyl.— Cocfc — 1 and Cup, H. Yardlev. 2, H. G. 

 Haniijiock. 3, R. O. FieldJig. he, E. FultoD, T. W. Towneon, J. Baker, E. 

 Bectwilh 12). 



Tumblers (Any other Tariety).— Htn.— I, K. Fulton. 2, J. Baker. 8, H. 

 Hentace. 



BjKiis iBIackorDnii).-Coc)t.— l.Cnp, and c, R. Fnlton. 2, H. M. Maynard. 

 S, .T Firth. 



Ea»h3 (Black or Dun).— Hen,— 1, H. M. Majnard. 2 and he, R. Fulton. 3, W. 

 J. Hyde. 



BiBBS (Any other colour).— Cock.— 1 and S, K. Fultcn. 2, J. Firth, he, J. 

 Walker. 



Babbk (Any other colour) — ffen —1. R. Fnlton. 2, R. W. Brvce. 8. H. Yardlev, 



Babbs (Black or Dnnl.— yoH»y Cock or Htn —1 and Cup. J. Firth. 2,3, and 

 4, Major J. H. Crjer. ftc. R. W Bryoe, H. M. Majnard. c,P. H.JoneB. 



Baebs (Any other colour).— roun{7 Cock or Ben.— I and 3, J. Firth. 2 and he, 

 P. H. Jones (3). 



Jacobins (Red or Yellow).- Cocfc or Een.—l and Cup, G. & A. Manders. 2 

 and 3, R. Fulton, he, E. A. Seale, W. Wonrihouse, J. Baker, E. E. M. Royds, 

 J. Pyper. e, W. Woodliouse, E. E M. Royda. 



Jacobins (Any other colourt-Cocfc or iT^'n —1, R. Fulton. 2. D. Combe. S, 

 A. A. Vander Meereeh. he, D, Combe, H. Heritage, J. Frame, J. Baker, e, J. 

 Frame. 



Fantailb.— I, Cup. and 2, J. Walker. 3. Rev. W. Serjeantson. vhe, J. F. 

 Lovereidge, Rev. W. Serjeantson. he, J. F. Loversidge ; H. C. Bowman (2). 



KcN.— t'oc* orBt'ii.— l.MisaF. Seanor. 2, J. Gardner. S, W. Tedd. hc,y/. 

 Tedd : W.ICrolt. 



TKDMPKTEEB.-CocfcorHcn.-l, Cup, and 2, R. Fulton. S, J. Baker. Jic, J. E. 

 Spence : J. Ledtrer. 



Owl (English. Bine or Blue-powdered).— Cocft or Ben.— I, 3. Thresh. 2, R. H, 

 Uneworth. 3, J. Schweit?er. lie, M. S. Ttmple, J. Schweitzer, H. Verdon. 

 J. W. Ludlow, J. Gardner (21, L. Allen, H Crosby. 



Owl (EnRiibh, anv olh.-r cnlour).— Cocfc ur Hen —1 and Cup, T- G. Sprunt. 

 2. T. W. T.iivnson 3. J. W. Edge, he, R H. Unswartb. J. Schweitzer, P. H. 

 Jcnea, F. Verdon, E. S-tansliidd. e, M S. Temple, G. Alderson. 



Owl (Foreiim ).—Co(«: or Hen.—l, Cup, and 3. .1. Schweitzer. 2, E. O. Fielding. 

 ^e, K. Fulton (2), G. Alderson, T. S. Steveneon, T W. Townson. 



TOEBIT (Bine or Silver) —Cock or Ben —1 and Cup. R. Fulton. 2, K. T. Dew. 



a. Hardy, he. P. H. Jones (3), G. Alderson, G. H. Qreeory (2), E. T. Dew, 



W. Townson, J. Baker. 



TcEBiTS (Any other colonr).— CocJ: or Ben.—l, C. A. Crater. 2,T. S. Stephen- 

 son. 3. M. S. Temple he, E. A. Seale (21, R E. Horsfall, Mies F. Seanor. 



Magpie (Black).— Cocfc or Ben.—l end 2, C. G. Hitchcock. 3, J. T. Herbert. 

 «, M. Ord, J. Banks. J. T. Herbert. J. B. Bowden. 



Magpieb (Any other coluurl.— Cocfc or Ben.— I, J. Baker. 2, J. B. Bowdon. 

 8, W. Tedd. he, E. A. Seale, M. Ord, W. Tedd, Powell & Crane, J. T. Herbert, 

 Miss F. Seanor (2). 



Bunt —Coc*: or Ben—}, T. D. Green. 2. 3, and he, J. S. Price. 



Aechanoel— Coctorflcn— 1, P. H.Jones. 2,8. C.Betty. 3, T. W. Townaon. 

 he, A. A. Vander Meer^.ch. 



Antwebps (Sbort-faced) - Cocfc or Een.—1, J. J. Bradley. 2. W. Gamon. 3, R. 

 Brierley. he. J. J. Theobald, W. Gamon, J. W. Lndlow (4), J. Wnght, M. 

 Martin, W. FlaveU. 



Antwebps (Hominf?).— 1, Col. Hassard. 2 and 8, W. S. Marsh. 4, W. B. 

 Tefrelmeier. (ic, W. B. TeRetmeier. Capt. G. Edwards, c, J. WriBht. 



Any other VASrETV.— 1, G. H. Gregory. 2, A, & W. H. Silvester. 3. J. W. 

 Lndlow. i;;ic, B. Fulton, H. Yardley. he, G. Richardson, J. W. Ludlow, H. 

 Draycott. 



Selling Class.— SitijjZc Birrf.—l, G. Kempton. 2, J. Nichols. 8, W.Osmond, 

 4, O. Murphy vhe, H. M. Maynard. Itc, N. Sargent, D. Young, H. Jacob. 

 L. Allen. W. Nottape, H. Smpson. 



Selling Class.— Pnir -1. H. M Maynard. 2. G. P. Pointer. S.G. J, AvenelL 

 4, W. Osmond he, A. Ward, D. Young, 6. P. Pointer. G. J. Avenell. 



Special Flying Ciass for Homing Birds.— Cocfc or Ben.—l, 4, and S, 

 W. B. Tegetmeier. 2, T G. Ledger. 8 and 6, F. Lubbock, he. F. Lubbock (2), 

 W. B. Tegetmeier, H. W. Crosee (2). c, G. Cotton, Colonel Hassard, W. E. 

 Wills (S). 



JvDGEs.—PouUrt/ : Mr. J. Dixon, Mr. E. Hewitt, Mr. J. H. 

 Smith, and Mr E. Teebay. Figeons : Mr. T. J. Charlton. Mr. F. 

 Esquilant, Captain Heaton, and Mr. T. H. Ridpeth. Homing 

 Aiiticcrpa : Meesrs. C. Mills and C. L. Sutherland. 



DORKING CUPS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE 

 SHOW. 



In reply to inquiries about the Dorking cups at the forthcoming 

 poultry Bhow at the Crystal Palace, I beg to inform you there 

 was a printer's error in the first few schedules eent out. The 

 intention is for cock or hen in their respective classes. I will 

 reply to numerous inqiiiries upon the Baroness Burdett Contts' 

 cups in your next issue. — F. Crook. 



NORTHAMPTON SHOW. 



The fourth annual Show of the Northampton Ornithological 

 Society was held in the spacious Corn Exchange, Northampton, 

 on the 13th and 14th inst. 



In Pigeons, Pouters, cocks headed the list, the special prize for 

 the best bird in the Show going to the flri=t. a showy White cock, 

 which was however closely pressed by a Blue Pied, which was 

 scarcely as forward ; the third was a Red. In hens a smart Blue 

 was first, and "White second, and Blue third, and the whole class 

 noticed. In Carriers, cocks, first was a capital Black; second a 

 Dun, good in beak, but wanting in eye wattle ; third also a Black. 

 In hens, first and second were very good, but the rest poor. 

 Young Carriers had but seven entries, first a Black, and second 

 a Blue, but strong smart birds. In Barbs, first and second 

 Blacks, and third Yellow. All cocks. Tumblers were — first a 

 most extraordinary Kite, second an Almond, and third a Red 

 Whole-feather; very good Almonds and Agates very highly com- 

 mended. Owls were a very good and large class, the first going 

 to a very small Blue Foreign, most perfect, in skull ; second to a 

 Blue English ; and third to a neat little White Foreign. Almost 

 all the others were moLtioued. Turbits another large class, was 

 one of the best iu the Shew— first a splendid Silver, second a 

 Blue, and third a Black. Eleven other pens lotioed. Jacobins 

 a fair class, first a Red, second White, and third Red. Dragoons 



had twenty-five entries, and was about the best class in the 

 Show, and two extras were awarded. First a Yellow ; second 

 Blue ; extra second Yellow, not quite in hard feather, bat of 

 grand colour ; third Silver with black bars ; and extra third a 

 Grizzle. Twelve others noticed. Antwerps numbered thirty 

 and were a very good class, the winners were birds it would be 

 impossible to improve upon. First a Short-faced Silver Dun, 

 which we think won the cup atBingley; second a Short- faced 

 Red Chequer ; and third a Long-faced Silver Dun of this year. If 

 we mistake not all hard-feathered short-winged birds, and many 

 others noticed. The Variety class was an interesting one, almost 

 every pen being worthy of a prize. First was a Black Trumpeter; 

 second an Isabel ; and third a Spangled Ice ; very highly com- 

 mended, and highly commended Grey Frillback, and true Pigmy 

 White Pouters. 



In Babbits there were 12-4 entries in seven classes, and con- 

 sidering the amount offered we believe this to be an achieve- 

 ment altogether unprecedented, but the great point was the 

 quality, which as a whole we have never seen surpassed. In 

 Lops there were twelve entries, and with one pen empty, the 

 measurement being something extraordinary, and with not the 

 least stretching the following were the results- — first Fawn Doe, 

 23.i by 5 inches, perfect in form, condition, and colour, but the 

 right leg being a little crooked lost this the extra for the best in 

 the Show; second a Fawn Buck, 22 by 4', good in all points ; 

 and third, a Fawn Doe ; very highly commended a Grey Doe, 

 22 by 4S, and Fawn-and-white, 22} by 4}, and Fawn, 22.J by 45, 

 and a Tortoiseshell, 21by4J. All the rest measuring well up 

 the standard lengths. Dutch, as a class, were the worst as 

 regards quaLty, only a few coming up to the required standard ; 

 first was, however, one of the most handsome Tortoiseshella 

 ever seen ; second a Black, good but rather large ; and third 

 a Blue-and-white, nice and pretty correct, but not in as fine 

 order as we have seen it. Angora was a capital class, not so 

 much for size as for quality and quantity of wool, and there was 

 scarcely a Rabbit unworthy of a position. Himalayans were a 

 tough lot, and it was most difficult to determine among the first 

 six and between the first two, the colour of tail had to decide 

 the point. Almost every pen was noticed, as were the Silver- 

 Greys, of which there were twenty-three, and scarcely one not 

 good enough to win a prize, and of these twenty-one were 

 noticed. First a doe of massive size, fine condition, and un- 

 broken silvering, and of the light shade so common of late ; this 

 Rabbit took the extra also. Second also a doe, of a shade a little 

 more to our (aste, fuller of ticking, but a little darker on head; 

 third a doe of the lighter shade, but not in the same fur; very 

 highly commended a very large buck, bat broken in coat ; 

 several others running close in quality. The Variety class con- 

 tained some good ones. First a Silver Cream, perhaps the best 

 ever shown; second a grand Belgian Hare ; and third a Pata- 

 gonian. Many capital Silver Creams and Hare Rabbits being 

 also noticed. The Selling class was only a moderate one, al- 

 though the winners were very good, the first being a nice Belgian 

 Hare ; second a Tortoiseshell, but very thin and low in con- 

 dition; and third a Silver- Grey. 



The Cage Birds, in point of number of entries, were about on 

 a par with those exhibited the week previous in the north of 

 England. As might have been expected, Norwich birds were 

 more numerous here. There was a slight falling-off in Belgian 

 and Yorkshire birds. Messrs. Provart & Willis of Norwich, the 

 great guns, especially in the " clear" classes at the late Norwich 

 Exhibition, put in an appearance with some of their showy 

 high-coloured birds, with which they were pretty successful, 

 defeating Mr. Adams and Mr. Athersuch of Coventry, and like- 

 wise Messrs. Mackley of Norwich, each of whom had been suc- 

 cessful at Darlington. Throughout the Norwich classes the 

 Clear, Even-marked, and Ticked varieties were very good gene- 

 rally, and the prizewinners carefully selected. With the deci- 

 sions little fault coirld be fotmd, excepting a trifling blemish in 

 the way of an even-marked specimen or two, such as a dark 

 feather showing in the portion of the wing which should be 

 clear or light, and in another instance an apparent deficiency of 

 tail feathers. But the best should be the best at all times, and, 

 to sum up the lot, we think the beat were in their proper places. 

 Crested Buffs (which far surpassed the Yellows) a very good 

 class, so also were those for Silver-spangled Lizards, Cinnamons, 

 and Mules. The flrst-piizo Jouque Lizard was not our choice, 

 being miserably deficient of good spangling, although good in 

 cap. British and foreign birds beyond an average kind. In the 

 former class three capital Thrushes of the proper size, plumage, 

 and condition were shown. Two in particular (231, first prize, 

 and 230, v h.c ), of which we could see little difference. To say 

 that Mr. Wright's Thrush was not fully deserving of the honour 

 of a first prize would be unjust on our part ; but we cannot help 

 remarking that an extra prize was due to Mr. Newbold's Thrush, 

 a winner of several previous prizes, one amongst which was a 

 first at the last Crystal Palace Bird Show, when a dozen birds 

 competed in the class. Amongst the foreign birds were a couple 

 of King Parrots, Grey and Green Parrots, Parakeets, Cockatoos, 

 Love Birds, Java Sparrows, and a Madagascar Bishop. With 



