Btitish &• Foreign Birds at the L.C.B.A. Shoiv. 281 
145, for Blackcap or Niglitiiigale, had but one Blackcap, but was 
coiupeusated by the presence of no less than seven specimens of 
the " Oiieeu of Song." Class 146 was saved from cancelling by 
the five entries it contained. Amongst these " Migratory Insect- 
ivorous Birds," first and foremost came the Grasshopper Warbler, 
probably the most interesting British bird in the Show, from an 
ornithological standpoint, exhibited by Mr. S. L. Cocks, of 
Peterboro'. This bird was perfectly tame and steady, and not 
even the intent gaze necessary to sketching its portrait towards 
the close of the Show, seemed to disconcert it. The cage it was 
in, with the perches put low, enabled one to see how this bird is 
used to walking amongst the undergrowth of tangled brambles 
and herbage, as the bird seemed to simply bend down and slide 
underneath them with no discomfort or inconvenience. Mr. C. T. 
Maxwell showed a beautiful Black Redstart and a Yellow Wag- 
tail, the latter seeming to nie to be one of those birds which had 
been " coloiir-fed." Mr. Lowne showed a charming Pied Fly- 
catcher, and he also had a Black Redstart in this class. 
The Classes for members of the London Cage Bird A.ssocia- 
tion were but poorly patronised ; the only Finches or Buntings 
worthy of note were tlie Hawfinch, and the Snow and Cirl Bunt- 
ings in Class 157, while in the class for the smaller insectivorous 
birds. Miss Shepherd had entered a Pied Flycatcher and a Bearded 
Tit, but both were absent. 
The birds one missed were the Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, 
Tree Creepers, Shrikes and Tits, that in other Shows had adorned 
the benches ; but as the Show as a whole was a great success, and 
considerably in advance of any previous year in the matter of 
entries, we may hope to see the next one with the British birds 
present in hundreds, of a quality to vie with the magnificent 
display of exotics that graced the benches at the "coming of 
age" show in November, 1909. 
