140 Foreion Birds at the Crystal Palace Show.


beautiful pair of Goldeu-breasted Waxbills, while Miss Bous-

field’s Diamond Finches took second prize, the rest of this class

being made up of St. Helena Waxbills and Ribbon Finches.


In the class for the Rarer Waxbilrs, &c., the first prize

went to Mr. F. Howe, for a very nice Melba Finch, Miss Bous-

field taking second with a fine Red-headed Gotildian and Mr.

Thwaites third with a pair of Pintail Nonpareils. Perhaps the

rarest bird here was a Scaly-crowned Weaver, a rare bird, but

not looking particularly bright.


Amongst the Grosbeaks, True Finches and Buntings

was a nice cock Olive Finch which received first prize for its owner

Miss Wait, a fine Black-lieaded Siskin belonging to Mr. Arriglii

(second) and a pair of Blue Grosbeaks (third), two nice Green

Cardinals and a Black and Yellow Grosbeak were also shown here.


The class for Tanagers contained seven entries, all good

birds. Mr. Townsend’s Blue-winged or Gold and Green Tanager

came first; a lovely Black-throated (C. thoracica ) owned by Mr.

Walsh, second ; the same exhibitor’s fine Maroon Tanager third,

and Mr. Frostick’s very rare Pretre’s Tanager, fourth.


Sugar-Birds, Honey-Haters, Zosterops, Buebuls and

Sun-Birds. This class contained ten exhibits, two of which, a

Hardwick’s Bulbul and a Rufous-throated Tanager, both in

splendid condition, arrived too late for the judging, while two

pairs of Amethyst-rumped Sunbirds were entered as “ not for

competition.” The first prize went to a magnificent specimen of

the Amethyst-rumped Sunbird belonging to Mr. A. Kzra, the

same bird that was successfully shown at the Horticultural Hall

Show in October; the second Mr. Townsend’s small Black-legged

Sugar-bird (Dacnis nigripes), perhaps the first imported, third to

the same exhibitor’s Banana Quit, and fourth to a lovely Purple

Sunbird shown by Mr. Frostick.


The last class for All Species not provided for elsewhere,

generally known as the Any Other Variety Ceass, contained

eight entries. The greatest rarity was Mr. Ezra’s Japanese Red¬

breast, an extremely rare exhibit ; well deserving the first prize

which it secured. A nice pair of Black-headed Sibias belonging

to Mr. Walsh came second, while the same gentleman took third

with a nice White-eyebrowed Wood-Swallow, the fourth going

to Mr. Wade for a Sliaina.



