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beautiful birU niid in fauUless condition : ;,rd. Spotted Hnieiald 'r.-inagfer, one of tlie most 
chastely beautiful of the genus O/Z/i/c, and, like tlie preceding couple, faultless, a grand 
team ; 4, 5, Townseud, Magpie and Tricolom- Tanagers, both well known and beautiful 
species, and as is usual with this exhibitor, both in finest condition ; vlic, Mrs. P. .Smith, 
Magpie Tanauer : he. Watts, .'\rchbishop Tanager ; c, Millsum, lilack-cheeked Tanager, stilt 
in moult, and though a little rough, was certainly hardly treated, very rare, a first aopear- 
ance' 
Ar.r, vSpkcik.s of .Sugak Bird.s, ktc. Here were i^.atliered together 
a fine series, all of liitjli merit. We never remember to have seen a more ex- 
qnisite .specimen than Mr. TownsencVs Yellow-winged Snj^ar Bird which 
which was absolutely faultless ; his Black-faced .Stigar Birds (Chlorophanes 
spiza) beini,"- a trifle ronsih, thon<i;li a fine pair of birds, which have nested 
and laid egi^s during the past season, and given a roomy outdoor aviary 
during the sumir.er months would be very probable breeders : it is an 
exquisite species, much larger tliaii the Yellow-wing, and would be a sight 
long to be remembered flitting to and fio amid living foliage. A single 
specimen of the same species was exhibited by Mr. Millsum, who also sent 
two fine specimens of Bine Sugar Birds. Two good specimens of the Gold- 
fronted Chloropsis (Chloropxis nurifrons), were also exhibited, one of 
wliich appeared to ])e the more tincomnion Malabar Cireen Bnlbnl (C 
7nalaha> ica), but the light being very bad at the lime our notes were taken, a 
definite identification was hardly possible. It is perhaps not generally 
known what excellent cage birds the genus Chloropsis make, they are bold 
fearless birds, fair songsters, good mimics, while for handsome iilumage 
there are few species to snroass them, 
I, 2, Townsend, Bbick-headed .Sugar Hirds, not quite so fit as when at Westminster, 
and some thought should have given way to the second prize winner, one of the l)est 
Yellow-winged Sugar Birds I have ever seen, for rich colouring, tight and silken plumage 
it certainly has never been surpassed ; 3, 5, Millsum, very good Blue .Sugar Birds, which, 
after another moult, will be much richer in colour ; 4, Maxwell, good Yellow-winged Sugar 
Bird ; vhc, Mrs K. Galloway, lilue Sugar Bird : he, Mrs Hodgson, Oold-front Frnitsucker. 
Arx Spkciks. This Class to avicnllnrists is mosllv the centre of 
attraction, and it has been many years since there were gathered together 
so many sjiecies practically new to aviculture. If it were not that several 
have been already described in this Journal, viz.. Rusty-cheeked vScimitar 
Babbler (Pomatoihinns e> ythiogenys), the Slaty-headed Scimitar Babblers 
{P. schisticeps), and the White-spotted Laughing Thrushes (lanthociiicla 
ocellata), all of which are figured and described in Vol. VII. ante pages 
213, 214 and 289 respectively, niy task would be an impossible one. 
The King Bird of Paradise was a feast of beauty indeed and its con- 
dition was faultless. Not a cage bird was Mr. Burrows' Touracon, it was 
however in fine condition and deserving of notice, another l)ird not suitable 
for cage life was Mr, Cnshney's Laughing Kingfisher, it was however in 
good condition, but appeared not to appreciate the confined limits of a show 
cage. A beautiful specimen of the While-capped Redstart was exhibited. 
