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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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showed a sweet hen, clear Buff with dark crest, which when 

 more advanced will require some heating. 



The less said about the Belgians the betler, only one heing in 

 show condition, and it was hy no means a bird of high character. 

 A Buff bird (I think No. 106) shown in a Norwich show cage 

 would have taken the first prize if it had had room to stand up. 

 The Yorkshire classes were good. There was the usual sprinkling 

 of Norwich among them, but the number is decreasing. The 

 winners were good, Mr. Luke Belk, of Dewsbury, being first 

 both in clear and marked birds. Lizards were both numerous 

 and good, Mr. James Taylor, of Middlesbrough, and Mr. Mills, 

 dividing the honours between them. Cinnamons were first-class, 

 Mr. Irons taking both prizes with two Jonques, with excellent 

 birds behind him. In f< Any other variety," Sir W. B.. Fieiden 

 was first with an immense bird, coppy bred, but with a plain 

 head — for immense read huge. 



Evenly-marked Goldfinch Mules were a poor sample, Mr. 

 Hawman and Mr. Stansfield showing the only two strictly in 

 accordance with the schedule. Dark Mules were backward. 

 Among twenty-six lv cages of four," some nice birds were shown, 

 forming a very attractive feature of the Show, Scarborough win- 

 ning first honours in the person of Mr. Houghton. Linnets, 

 Goldfinches, Skylarks, Bullfinches, &c, made xip an interesting 

 collection of British Birds, which I should like to see more 

 extensively exhibited. And I saw other pretty birds at Scar- 

 borough! — "W. A. Blakston. 



Norwich.— Clear Yellow.— 1, Moore & Wynne, Northampton. 2, T. Irons, 

 Northampton, c, R. Simpson, Whitby. Clear Buff.— I, Moore & Wynne. 2, R. 

 Simpson, c, R. Hawman, Middlesbrough. Evenly-marked Yellow.— 1, R. Haw- 

 man, 2, E. Mills, Sunderland, c, Moore & Wynne. Evenly-marked Buff.— 

 1 and 2, Moore &, Wynne, c, S. Tomes, Northampton. Ticked and Unevenly- 

 marked Yellow— 1,G Medd, Scarborough, 2, Moore & Wynne, c, R. Hawman. 

 Ticked and Unevenly-marked Buff. — l, T. Wales, Stockton-on-Tees. 2, G. 

 Medd. c, W. Barwell, Northampton. Crested.— 1, Moore & Wynne. 2 and c, T. 

 Irons. 



Belgian".— 1, J. N. Harrison, Eelper. 2, J. Shephard, Bradford, c, T. Wales. 



Yorkshire. — Clear Yellow or Buff.—l, L. Belk, Dewsburv. 2, Mrs. J. Pear- 

 son, Beverlev. c, J. Downes, Beverley. Evenly-marked Yellow or Buff.— 1, L. 

 Belk. % 3. ShPpbard. c, S. Burton. 



X>izA.'BX>.—Golden-spu)ig!rd.~l, E. Mills. 2 and c, .T. Taylor, Middlesbrough. 

 Silver-spanaled.—l, J. Taylor. 2, E. Mills, c, J. Baines, York. 



Cinnamon (Yellow or Buff).— 1 and 2, T. Irons, c, Moore &. Wynne. 



Ant other Variety.— 1, Sir W. H. Fieiden, Scarborough. 2, Moore and 

 Wynne. 



Goldfinch Mdle. — Evenly-marked. — 1, R. Hawman. 2, E. Stansfield. 

 c, Lady Fieiden. Dark. — L; Stevens & Burton, Middlesbrough. 2, E. Stans- 

 field. c, M.King. 



Cage of Four.— 1, C. Houghton, Scarborough. 2, R. Simpson, c, J. Dawes, 

 Scarborough. 



Any Variety or British Bird.— 1. W. Harland. York (Bullfinch). 2, E. 

 Stansfield, Bradford (Brambling or Mountain Finch), c, O. Lawson, Scar- 

 borough (Goldfinch.) 



• Judge— Mr. W. A. Blakston. 



BIRMINGHAM PHILOPERISTERON SOCIETY. 



On the 25th and 26th inst. the fifth annual meeting of the above 

 Society was held in the Athenseum Hall, Temple Street, Birmingham, 

 and certainly public interest has never before been so completely 

 enlisted nor better gratified ; for although numbers of the visitors had 

 travelled hundreds of miles solely to attend tbe Show, in every instance 

 entire satisfaction was expressed at seeing not only one of tbe best col- 

 lections of adult Pigeons, but likewise a competition of birds hatched in 

 the present year that for their age have never been equalled. Almost 

 every noted breeder of fancy Pigeons either sent birds for competition, 

 or attended with the intention of purchasing fresh blood to improve 

 his own stock. Perhaps one of the most noteworthy features of the 

 whole Show was the Barb classes, the remarkably well -developed adults 

 of Captain Heaton calling forth repeated expressions of admiration 

 from all connoisseurs ; nor were the young of this variety less remark- 

 able for their perfection of condition and faultless characteristics The 

 Carriers were also admirably shown, and mostly in first-rate health 

 and feather. Fantails were remarkably good, but several pens were 

 sadly injured by packing in too small baskets. Tbe Almond Tumblers 

 shown by Mr. Adams, of Beverley, were excellent in skull and in good 

 feather, but the mode of selection of this gentleman's stock for sho:o 

 alone was open to improvement. Trumpeters were very fine, and the 

 foreign Owls were perfect gems. Some first-rate English Owls were 

 also on view. The Turbits were the best collection of high-class birds 

 ever shown in Birmingham, and a remarkable feature was that every 

 colour was well represented. For Dragoons the meetings of this Society 

 always ranked high, and on this occasion so perfect were they, that 

 one of the oldest exhibitors admitted it was almost impossible to hope 

 for success in such competition, that he was glad he had seen them, 

 for he should have been hopelessly beaten had he entered his birds, 

 which he had hitherto considered invincible. The Anticerps certainly 

 did not develope so ranch character as at some previous meetings, 

 many being sadly too long in head and spare in bill. 



In the classes for flying Tumblers the improvement was very marked 

 indeed, more particularly in the matching to feather of the birds, and 

 the perfect condition in which they were penned. In Yellow Dragoons 

 the cup fell to tbe pen 262, shown by Mr. Frank Graham ; they were, 

 perhaps, one of the most faultless pens ever exhibited, and for colour 



quite unexceptionable. In Class 60, for a single Pigeon of any variety, 

 Captain Heaton pretty well swept the board in a heavy class, taking 

 the first, second, third and sixth prizes with excellent Barbs, and also 

 the fifth with an English Blue Owl of great merit ; Mr. Harry Adams, 

 the only other successful exhibitor in this class, having a really sound- 

 feathered Almond- Mr. Yardley exhibited two cages of excellent 

 Carriers and Almonds, of about twelve birds each, not for competition, 

 which added much to the attractions of the Show. 



The Fancy logs were public favourites ; and when we state Satinettes, 

 " Bluettes," quite a new and exceedingly chaste variety, Labores, 

 Scandaroons, Maned Pigeons, Egyptian Swifts, Isabels, Archangels, 

 Starlings, Priests, and Shields, were all well Bhown, it is scarcely to 

 be wondered that six prizes were awarded, and certainly as many more 

 might have been with justice given. 



BIRDS OF 1S70. 



Carriers.— Black.— 1 and 3, F. Smith, Sellv Oak. 2 and 4, E. W. Nightingale, 

 Aston, he, J. Linnett, jun., Coventry; R, "W. Nightingale. Dun.— I, G. F. 

 Whitehouse, King's Heath. 2, J. Watts, Kind's Heatb. 3 and he, J. Coleman, 

 West Bromwich. Any other Colour.— 1 and 2, Or. Hodgkinson, Erdmgton, 

 3, J. Watts. 



Pouters.— 1, 2. and 3, G. SturgeBS, Leicester. 



Fantails.— 1, G. Sturgess. 2, J. F. While, Birmingham. 3, H. Adams, Bever- 

 ley. 4, J. W. Edge, Birmingham. 5, Mrs. A, F. Barnett, Erdington. he, H. 

 Adams ; G. Sturgess. 



Almonds.— 1 and 2, H. Adams. 8. G. F. Whitehouse. 



Balds and Beards.— 1 and 3, F. Graham, Birkenhead. 2, J. W. Edge. 



Short-faced (Any other variety). — 1, H. Adams. 



Jacobins.— 1 and 2, J. W. Edge. 



Trumpeters.— 1, T. Robson, Penkridge. 2, -T. Watts. 3, J. F. While. 



Owls,— Foreign— 1 and 2, H. Adams. English.- 1, G. Linnett, jun. 2, J. W. 

 Edge. 3, G. F. Whitehouse. 



Turbits—1, G. F. Whitehouse. 2, W.Bankes, Runcorn. 3, T. Robson. 4, F. 

 H. Paget, Leicester. 



BAE3S.— 1 and 2, Capt. H. Heaton, Worsley, Manchester. 3, G. Sturgess. 



Nuns.— 1 and 2. W. Bankes. 3, F. Graham. 



Dr&goons — Blue.— 1 and 2, J. Coleman. 3, 4, 5, and he, F. Graham. 6, J. 

 Watts. Yellow— 1, 2. and 3, F. Graham. Wliite.—l and 2, H. Adams. 3, F. 

 Graham, he. G. F. Whitehouse. Any other Colour.— 1, 2, and S, F. Graham. 



Magpies.— 1, T. Robson. 2, G. F. Whitehouse. 3, F. Graham. 



ANTWEhPs.— 1, 2, and 4, C. Mugg, Bromsgrove. 8, H. Clulee, Birmingham. 

 he, W. Bankes ; F. Smith. 



Swallows.— 1 and 2, F. H. Paget. 3, G. F. Whitehouse. 



Any other Variety.—!, W. Bankes (Satinette). 2, 4, and he, F. H. Paget 

 (Bluette. Satinette, and Scandaroon). 3, J. Watts. 



Tumblers.— Black Badges.— I and % G. Hodgkinson. Blue Badges.— 1, J. W. 

 Edge. Black Saddles. — 1, J. W. Edge. Blue Saddles. — No prize awarded. Any 

 other Colour Saddles.— 1, J. W. Edge. Rosswings and Redbreasts— 1, 2, and 

 3, J. Massey, Aston. Mottles— Prize withheld. Any other Variety.— 1, J. W. 

 Edge. 



BIRDS OF ANY AGE. 



Carriers.— Black.— Co cks.—l, 3, and Cup, G. F. Whitehouse. 2, J. F. While. 

 he, R. W. Nightingale. Hens.— 1 and 2, F. Smith. 3, R. W. Nightingale. Dun. 

 — Cocks.— 1, F. Smith. Hens.—l, F. Smith. 2, G. F. Whitehouse. he, J. Watts. 

 Any other Colour.— Cocks.— 1, G. Hodgkinson. 2, J. Watts. Hens.—l. R. W. 

 Nightingale. 2, J. Watts. 



Pouters.— Cocks.— 1, 3, and Cup, G. Sturgess. 2, H. Adams. Mens.— 1 and 

 2, G. Sturgess. 3, H. Adams. 



Fantails.— 1, G. Sturgess. 2, Mrs. A. F. Barnett. 3, F. Smith, he, G. F. 

 Whitehouse. 



Almonds.— 1 and 2, H. Adams. 



Balds and Beards.— 1, J. Fielding, jun., Rochdale. 2, F. Graham. 



Short-faced (Any other Variety) — l, T. Robson. 



Jacobins.—I, G. Sturgess. 2, J. Linnett, jun. 



Trumpeters.— 1, T. Robson. 2, J. Massey. he, J. Watts. 



Owls.— Foreign.— 1, J. Fielding, jun. 2, H. Adams. English.— I, J. W. Edge. 

 2, Capt. Heaton. 8, J. Watts, he, W. Bankes ; G. F. Whitehouse. 



Turbits.— 1, T. Robson. 2, W. Banke3. 3, F. Graham, he, T. Robson j G. 

 F. Whitehouse ; J. Watts. 



Barbs.— 1, 2, 3, and Cup, Capt. Heaton. he, G. F. Whitehouse ; J, Fielding, jun. 



Nuns.— 1, F. Graham. 2, W. Banks. 



Dragoons.— Blue.—l, 2. and 3, F. Graham. Yellow.-l, Cup, and he, F. 

 Graham. 2, J. Watts. White.— 1 and 2 , F. Graham. 3, H. Adams, he, J. 

 Watts. Any other Colour.— 1, F. Graham. 2, J. Watts. 8, G. Hodgkinson. 



Magpies.— 1, T. Robson. 2, F. Graham. 



Antwerps.— 1, J. E. Cleveland. 2. F. Smith. 3, H. Clulee. 



Swallows.— 1, J, Watts. 2, G. F. Whitehouse. 



Ant other Variety.— 1 and Cup, W. Bankes (Satinettes). 2 and 6, G. 

 Sturgess. 3, F. H. Paget. 4, J. Watts (Maned). 6, J. Linnett, jun. (Isabels). 



Antwerp Cocks.— 1, 2, and 3, C. Mugg. 



Any other Fancy Variety.— 1, 2, 8, 5, and 6, Capt. Heaton (Barbs and 

 English Owl). 4. H. Adams, he, W. Bankes (Bluette) ; F. H. Paget. 



Tumblers.— Black Badges.— -1, J. Massey. 2 and 8, G. Hodgkinson. Blue 

 Badges.— -1, J. W. Edge. Blue Saddles.— 1 and 2, G. Hodgkinson. Any other 

 Coloured Saddles. — 1, G. Hodgkinson. 2, J. W. Edge. Bosewings and Red- 

 breasts.— 1, J. Massey. Any other Flying Variety.— 1, J. Massey. Any other 

 Variety.— 1, J. W. Edge. 2, J. Massey. 



Mr. Edward Hewitt, Mr. Henry Yardley, and Mr. Win. Walthew, 

 of Birmingham, were the Judges. 



SHEFFIELD ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S 



SHOW. 



The first annual Exhibition of this Society was held from the 21st 

 to the 24th inst. The attendance was not so large as desirable, but 

 considering the bad weather, there was not much fault to find. The 

 Show was very attractive, and the room was well ventilated and heated, 

 making the specimens warm and comfortable. 



Pig-eons.— Carriers.— I, W. H. Mitchell. 2, W. Harvey, he, E. C. Strech. 

 Pouters— 1 and ha, W. Harvey. 2, E. Brown. Barbs.— 1, W. Haiwey. 2, H- 

 Yarclley. Tumblers. — land 2, W. Harvey, he, E. Brown; H. Yardley. Jaco- 

 bins.— 1 and 2, W. Harvey, he, J. Smithers ; H. P. Ryland. c. E. Brown. Fan- 

 tails.— 1, J. F. Loversidge. 2, W. Harvey. Ow Is.— 1 and 2, W. Harvey. Runts. 

 — 1, H. Yardley. Nuns.— 1, H. Yardley. 2, W. Harvey. Dragoons.— 1, A. W. 

 Wren. 2, W. Harvey. Magpies.— 1, W. Harvey. 2, H. Yardley. Trumpeters. 

 1 and 2, W. Harvey. Any oilier Variety.— 1, W. Harvey. 2, G. Cutler. 



CANARIES. 



Belgian.— Yello w.— 1. P. Rawnsley. 2, F. Mills, he, S. Radford. Buff.— I, W. 

 Clark. 2, J. H. Clark, he, P. Rawnsley. Variegated Yellow.— 1, L. Belt. 2, J. 

 N. Harrison. VaHegated Buff. — 1 and 2, J. N. Harrison. 



Norwich,— Yellow.— 1, Moore & Wynne. 2, S. Bunting. Buff,— I, Moore and 



