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specimen of Zenaida anrita with them. It is a pit}' exhibitors do

not take more trouble to name their entries correctly. In the

class for Waxbills, Grassfinches, etc., the most noteworthy

exhibits were the Wiener’s Waxbills (. Pytelia afro. ) and Rufous¬

tailed Finches ( Bathilda ruficauda') sent by Mr. L. W. Hawkins.

There was also here a good pair of Pectoral-finches ( Muni a

pcctoralis).


The class for ** Grosbeaks, true Finches and Buntings,”

was judged somewhat peculiarly; the first prize being awarded

to a couple of cock Black-headed Buntings ( Embcriza melano-

cephala). We should have expected the author of a work on

British birds to be able to distinguish the sex of a bird which

is included in the British list, and in which the sexes differ

considerably in plumage. The only bird of any rarity in the

class was a very nice Cuba Finch.


Amongst the “ Tanagers, Sugar-birds, Honey-eaters,

Zosterops, and Bulbuls,” were some beautiful birds of great

rarity, but the judging was most remarkable. The first prize

was awarded to a pair of common Chinese Zosterops and the

second to a Superb Tanager, neither of which was worth a

tithe of the value of either Mr. Swan’s fine White-capped Tanager,

or Mr. Townsend’s so-called Archbishop Tanager, or his Blue

Tanager, all of which were of great rarity. The latter exhibitor

sent an Indian Sun-bird, which most unfortunately got so

besmeared with honey, upon which it was fed, that it died

before the Show opened. It was impossible to discern the

colours when we inspected the body, but it was evidently an

exceedingly rare bird, and probably the first of its kind ever

seen at a show in this country.


A very fine Malabar Green Bulbul was singing splendidly

in this class, and there was a good Warty-faced Honev-eater.


The Mixed Class, for all species not included elsewhere,

contained perhaps the finest collection of rarities in the Show.

The first prize winner was a Cinereous Struthidea, rare, but not in

show form/yy. A fine Masked Wood Swallow (Artamus personatus)

was awarded second (both of these belonged to Mr. Glasscoe).

A White-eyebrowed Wood Swallow (A. superciliosus), equally

good and perhaps slightly rarer than the Masked, was entirely

passed over by the Judge, as was also a good Barbet (g). A Shama


(/). See Vol. VII , pp. 75 and 146.—K.P.


( g ). We visited the Show 011 the Friday, the opening day, and the White-eyebrowed

Wood-Swallow certainly had no card then; Ur. Butler informs us however that on the

Monday there appeared an alteration in the awards, the White-eyebrowed Wood-Swallow

being labelled third, and the Shama passed over.— Eo.



