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ornithologist, there were niciny amongst the charming exotics that one 
could not fail to admire. 
By the courtesy of the show officials I was permitted both to 
commence my studies while birds were being unpacked and staged, 
and to continue them while the judging was going on. It was during 
this latter time that I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance af 
our esteemed member. Miss Peddie Waddell, who was unheard of (to 
me at least) in the days when I lived in " Auld Reekie," but who has 
since won the gratitude of many exhibitors who were not able to look 
after their birds themselves when these were at the exhibitions, and 
also, one may suppose the gratitude (or saved the li\es and beauty) of 
many of the birds themselves. Miss Peddie Waddell was already " on 
duty " when I arrived at the show on the Friday morning, and once I 
had been introduced to a few of her birds, I seemed to discover tlie 
others by instinct, not that her's were the only ones in faultless con- 
dition and health, but that all round, they seemed to be most at home, 
and to be seen to greater advantage than the others, possibly because 
they lived not far off, while their neighbours on the show bench were 
by no means neighbours at other times. 
The two first classes (Foreign Goldfinches, 15 entries ; Foreign 
Bullfinches, males, 4 entries, and females 5 entries) call for no special 
remark. The third class, for Parrakeets, had 6 entries by Miss Peddie 
Waddell, viz., Bourkes Parrakeets (1st prize) Rock Peblilers, Many 
Colours , Pennants and Black cheeked Love-birds (all tliese being 
pairs), and a male King Parrakeet. Two other entries of Black-clieeked 
Love-birds, four of Crimson Winged Parakeets, an unusually briglitly 
coloured Blue-bonnet Parrakeet, unfortunatelj' wild in its cage, when I 
went to draw it, and a very fine pair of Many Colours, shown by Mr. 
Gavin Alston. These last were also rather wild while being drawn. 
The short tailed Parrot class had the best Hawk-headed Parrot I ever 
saw, belonging to Mr. S. Beaty, a bird in perfect condition ; a Senegal 
Parrot, belonging to our member Mr. Louis J. Arrighi, and a Blue 
fronted Amazon of Miss Peddie Waddell's. 
The class for Waxbills, etc , had 19 entries, but nothing calling 
for special remark. The next class, for certain other seed-eating birds, 
showed the Melba Finch, a male in beautiful condition, shown by our 
member, Mr. F. Howe, while Miss Peddie Waddell entered a cock 
Virginian Cardinal and a cock Pintail Nonpareil, and our member Mr. 
G. M. Brotiierstone had an interesting paii- of Black-throated Cardinals, 
a cock Green Cardinal, and a cock Gouldian Finch. A Cape Sparrow 
in faultless condition and colour, being shown by Mr. Louis J. Arright, 
