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Mr. H. Goodchild,



Glasgow, who exhibited also a Common Redstart with it. A

charming specimen of the Tree Creeper, installed in a cage lined

with dark bine plush ! 1 interested others besides ornithologists.

A choice specimen of a Yellow Wagtail, other Redstarts, two

male Bearded Tits and a Sedge Warbler—the only Warbler in

the class —accompanied it.


One Shore Lark only was here, and that one was sent from

London ! The remaining British birds of interest were Choughs,

Hawfinches, Crossbills, Waxwings, and a solitary male Ring

Ouzel.


It was in the Foreign section, however, that most of the

interesting and beautiful birds were found ; and although, apart

from the Russian or Siberian Goldfinches and Bullfinches, there

were only fifty-four entries, these included some rare species.


Foremost amongst them was the Himalayan Blue Whistling

Thrush ( Myiophoneus temmincki ), also called Temminck’s Whist¬

ling Thrush, exhibited by our member Miss ££. G. R. Peddie

Waddell ; a species that I do not think has ever appeared at a bird-

show before. This particular bird was unfortunately rather ill at

ease in a show-cage, having been used to a much larger aviary at

home. An article on this species, by Mr. Astley, appeared in the

Avicultural Magazine for April, 1903, p. 196, with a black-and-

white plate of the bird, from a water-colour drawing by the

author, depicting it in a characteristic pose. Readers who wish

to see a description of the plumage, and an account of the habits

of this fine species are referred to Mr. Astley’s article. The first

prize in this class went to a very sleek and silvery specimen of

the White-eyebrowed Wood Swallow (Artamus superciliosus'),

from Australia, shown by Mr. J. M. Walsh, to whom belongs

the credit of showing some of the choicest of the smaller birds

in the show. He also showed a pair of Black-headed Sibias in

fine condition. Miss Peddie Waddell also showed a Blue-cheeked

Barbet, but this bird was more nervous than the Whistling

Thrush, and I did not attempt to draw it for that reason, and

also a Greater Hill Mynah, one of the individuals lately at the

Zoo. Two Green Glossy Starlings, one of them exceptionally

glossy and beautiful, and a Green-billed Toucan, completed the

class.



