Correspondence.



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FORTHCOMING SHOW OF FOREIGN BIRDS AT THE

HORTICULTURAL HALL.


SIR,—It may interest members of. the Avicultural Society to know that

the Foreign Bird Exhibitors’ League has guaranteed twenty-eight classes for

foreign birds at the next London Cage Bird Association’s Show, to be held at the

Horticultural Hall on Nov. 27, 28, 29. The classification is as follows: —


(1) . All species of Cockatoos and Macaws.


(2) . Grey Parrots and Amazons ( i.e ., all species Crysotis).


(3) . All species Lovebirds, Passerine, Lineolated, All Green, Canary¬

winged, White-winged Orange-fronted, Tovi, Golden-fronted and Tui Parrakeets.


(4) . All other species, Parrots, including Eclecti.


(5) . Green Budgerigars.


(6) . All species Ringnecks, including Alexandrine, Ring-necked, Blossom¬

headed, Rose-headed, Slate-headed, Malabar, Derbyan, Moustache, Javan,

Nicobar, St. Lucien Parrakeets, etc. ; common Red Rosellas, Redrumps,

Quakers and Cockateels.


(7) . Lories, Lorikeets and Hanging Parrots {Loriculce).


(8) . All other species Parrakeets.


(9) . Yellow Budgerigars, White Java Sparrows, Bengalese and White

Java Doves.


(10) . Common Mannikins, including Black-headed, White-headed, Tri¬

coloured, Magpie, Bronze, Spice, Striated, Sharp-tailed, Bib-finches, Grey Java,

Sparrows, and Common Combassous.


(11) . All species Weavers, Whydahs, and Long-tailed Combassous.


(12) . Common Ribbon Finches, Zebra & Saffron Finches and Silverbills.


(13) . Gouldians, Fire-tailed, Painted, Crimson, Rufous Grassfinches,

Parrot Finches, Pintailed Nonpariels, Common Nonpareil and Rainbow Buntings.


(14) . All other species Grassfinches, including Masked, Long-tailed,

White-eared, Ringed, Bicheno, Diamond, Parson, Cherry, Quail and Red-headed

Finches ; Rhodesian Cutthroats, Pectoral, Yellow-rumped, Chestnut-breasted

and Rufous-backed Mannikins.


(15) . Common African Fire Finches, Cordon Bleus, Zebra Waxbills, and

Lavender Finches.


(16) . Common and Green Avadavats, St. Helena, Grey and Orange¬

cheeked Waxbills.


(17) . All other species Waxbills.


(18) . All species Cardinals.


(19) . All species Serins, Wild Canaries, and Siskin, including Alario,

Grey and Green Singing Finches, Sulphur and St. Helena Seedeaters, etc.


(20) . All other species True Finches, Sparrows, Buntings, Grosbeaks,

etc., not otherwise mentioned.


(21) . All species Doves, Quails, Partridges, and Rails.


(22) . All species Sugar and Sunbirds, Flower-peckers, Quits, Honey-

eaters, Zosterops, and Fruit-suckers.



