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pair of Meyer's Parrot'S'WeTe charming little birds, but their fails •

were very rough. The Bronze-wing Parrot was quite new to me-^.:

is this the same as the Dusky Parrot (^Pioiuis violaceus) ? A Blue-:;

eyed Cockatoo, a Blood-stained Cockatoo, two Senegal Parrotsjj

two or three Macaws of common species, a Purple-capped Lory,.^^

aiid' another Lory (I thihk Eos reticulata'), made up a class oft

ndost unusual merit. The Blue-streaked (or Reticulated) lyoryi-

had nothing to eat but canary seed and dry bread, and wasr

evidently starving^ — probably it died before the Show was over.


The Class for Budgisrigars Love Birds and Pigmy Parrots

contained nothiiig of special interest except two pairs of Blue-

crowned Hanging Parrots. ' -^ !-


The Class for Parrakeets and Lorikeets contained many'

good birds. It included a Blue-bonnet, two pairs of Lineolated '

Parrakeets, a pair of Orange - flanked Parrakeets {BrotogeryT

pyrrhopteriLs), two pairs of Man57--coloureds, and a Turquoisin^,'

not to , mention several commoner species. Of the Lorikeets,

onh^ the Ornamented and Forsten's were represented. The'

Purple-breasted Lory was in the wrong class but, nevertheless/'

got a prize. ' '■


In the Class for Waxbills, Mannikins and Combasous, Mr., ,

Maxwell's lovely pair of Violet-eared Waxbills were most

deservedly first. The third prize, went to a pair of Mannikins,

which I could not identify. There were also Aprora Finches,

Cordon. Bleus, Crimson Flinches, a cock African Fire Finch^

(rarely seen at a Show), Green Avadavats and Magpie Mannikins.

A good -Class, but not equal in interest to the Parrot Classes.,


The Class for Weavers and Whydahs comprised a Crimsons-

throated Whydah and a Long-tailed Whydah along with som§r

common species. , - .:


^ ' ' The' Class for "Any. other variety of- seed-eating birds 'V

(Why "-variety," by theway?) was of great merit, and contained,

34 entries. Apparently the Judge did not consider it to be part!,

of his duty to disqualify birds in the wrong class, and under theC

circumstances I am not surprised at this : for to do so he would:

have had to draw a hard and. fast line between the Grassfinches"

and the other PloxeidcB with nothing in the Schedule to g-uide.

him, and that was a task from which any Judge might shrink.^

The- result, however, was that birds of the same genus were.^

allowed ,to compete in different Classes — the Class now Underi'

consideration containing several entries of Weavers and Java

Sparrows. ■ A pair of. Long- tailed ,Gras.sfinches were first,- aj

Three-coloured Parrot Finch second, pairs- of Parrot Finche^J



