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BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 
British and Foreign Birds at the National Show. 
FOREIGN SECTION. 
By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., utc. 
I |>r(i|)()S(' (leviatiug from tlie usual course and noticing 
first, SOUK' of tlie nioi-e iiotal)l(' ami striking birds, before dealing 
with the classes in genei'al, and first of all making a few remarks 
as to length of show and suitability of building, as affecting the 
Foreign section. 
In the first place I must congratulate the management. 
This left nothing to be desired, everything that could be done was 
done to make the conditions perfect, and Mr. J. Ramsden with his 
genial and untiring energy, was as usual, on hand whenever 
wanted, and the L.P.O.H. certainly merited the success attained. 
Building And Period of Show. While I should 
regret to utter a word that would prejudice in any way an ener- 
getic society, still, though a member of the L.P.O.S., I cannot, as 
reviewing the show for Bird Notes, do other than frankly state 
that a more unsuitable building than the Crystal Palace would be 
hard to find. This is no new thought — for though almost super- 
human efforts were taken, draught could not be eliminated ; the 
efforts to mitigate the draught evil resulted in light being obscured, 
thus the poor exhibits had to contend with alternating currents of 
heat, cold draught, and bad light. Where these evils cannot be 
got rid of a new home should be found for the show, in spite of 
the draw the historic glass house is to bird lovers from a distance. 
Moreover the period is much too long for exotic species, the Sun- 
day coming in l)etween complicates matters still more, and I am 
convinced that till something is done in this direction Foreign 
Bii'd exhibiting will be on the decline, rather than on the increase. 
This is also in the light of the undoubted fact that Foreign Bird 
