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birds, and the Canaries at least are occupied with family cares or

their change of costume during the warmer months of the year,

there seems nothing for it but to hold bird shows during the

winter months. But the fact that such shows are badly supported

by foreign bird owners does not mean that foreign birds are

unpopular, but that the owners value them too much to run the

risk of losing them.


The foreign classes were very poorly filled, in fact numeri¬

cally the show was about the poorest I remember, although

considering the small number of entries the quality was good.

The two Parrot classes were judged by Mr. H. T. Camps, the

remainder of the foreigners by Mr. Frank Finn.


The class for Parrakeets, Lories and Lorikeets

contained ten entries, the first and third prizes going to a very

fine Brown’s Parrakeet and a nice but wild pair of Many Colours

respectively, belonging to Mr. W. Edmunds ; the second to a

nice Pennant owned by Mr. Baxbv, and the fourth to a curiously

marked King Parrot in which the face was mostly yellow, owned

by Mr. L. W. Hawkins. Besides the prize winners there was a

very good pair of Brown’s as well as another single bird, a nice

Ceram Lory and a fine Red-collared Lorikeet which ought, in my

opinion, to have been a prize-winner.


The class for Other Parrots contained a pair of the

very rare Malayan Blue-rumped Parrakeets ( Psittinus incertus ),

probably the first ever exhibited at a bird show. They were

quite young birds, in the same state of plumage as a pair,

probably of the same importation, now on view in the Parrot

House at the Zoo. They appear to be somewhat closely allied to

the Lovebirds, and when adult the male has a greyish-blue head

while that of his mate is brown. The owner, Mr. L- W. Hawkins,

failed to secure more than a V.H.C. card for his rare exhibit.

The first prize in the class went to a Meyer's Parrot belonging to

the Rev. G. H. Raynor, who also obtained fourth for his very

much rarer Everett’s Parrot. The second prize went to a nice

Black headed Caique sent by Mr. Hawkins, and the fourth to a

very fine Yellow-naped Amazon belonging to Mrs. L. Thorpe.


Mr. F. Howe took the first prize in the class for the

Commoner Waxbii.ls, Grassfinches and Weavers with a



