All riohls reserved.] Dkckmbbr, 1909. 
BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 
jforeign an^ British Biit^s at the 
XcT.B.a. Show. 
FOREIGN SECTION. 
By W. T. Page, F.Z.S. 
This, the coming-of-age Show of this enterprising Society, 
was well ahead of its predecessors and left nothing to be desired 
in the way of management, while llie classification was the most 
liberal ever offered. This paper might well have been headed 
" Onr Members' Birds," for out of 120 entries practically 100 were 
from F.B.C. members. 
By far the finest, rarest, and most uncommon series of 
foreign birds were gathered together, that have ever been seen of 
recent years. Mr. H. D. Astley judged, and on the whole his 
awards were well received, and, in the opinion of the writer, 
were consistently placed. Mr. Millsum was the exhibitor of 
most of the actual novelties ; Mrs. K. L. Miller's lovely Rainbow 
Bunting (see coloured plate in May issue of current volume), 
came in for almost as much notice as the Birds of Paradise ; in 
fact it was equally beautiful a-.id rare, if not the actual rarest bird 
in the show. Mr. Maxwell's beautiful series were almost all 
unique specimens, but have been shown by him for several 
seasons. Mr. Towusends' was a similar case, his Great Barl)et 
being in even better condition than when previously shown. 
The condition of the whole of the exhibits exemplified how great 
has been the strides made in the conditions of foreign bird 
keeping, and the extent to which their requirements are now 
understood, nevertheless, there yet remains much to be learned 
regarding many species It will, I think, be best to take the 
Classes in proper sequence, and not merely place those contain- 
ing the novelties first. 
