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keepers are on the increase, and, in my opinion, this i'uUy accounts 
for the Foreign Bird entries for I'.tlO, being l)elow those of 1909. 
I kriow several prominent exhibitors — their numljers will increase 
— who would not enter on that account. I am fully aware of the 
importance of the Satunlay gate ; at the same time the birds must 
receive some consideration, and I am of the opinion that the 
case would be fully met by a show running from Wednesday to 
Saturday inclusive. Personally I do not l)elieve the gate would 
suflFer fi'om the change, and my oijinion is, that both the visitor 
from a distance and the Foreign Bird entries would soon show a 
decided increase. 
We will now pi'oceed to review llie principal entrants, 
leaving the consideration of classes ami awar(^ls till the end. 
Hunstein's Magnificent Bird op Paradise {Diphy- 
llodrs inagmfica) : — This was the great attraction of the show, 
being much steadier, sleeker, and the hues of the plumage also 
appear to have deepened since it made its first bow to the public 
at the Horticultural Hall. 1 do not purpose giving a desci-iption 
here, as a coloureil plate is in course of prejmration and will 
appear in the present volume. Of much interest to aviculturists 
and liird students were the displays of the bird, one of which I was 
privileged to observe, being specially so. This consisted in the 
bird swelling out at the chest, dropping the wings, a sort of tremu- 
lous motion seeming to pervade all the feathers, the straw-coloured 
ruff at the bottom of the neck extended vertically, thus exposing 
the rich bi'onzy reds and golds of the upper back, and the long 
tail was extended in wide lateral curves. It was of great interest, 
the bird retaining the attitude and repeating it twice in succession — 
sufficiently long for me to take notes of the posture. It cai*ried off 
premier honours. 
Mrs. Johnstone's Lorikeet {Trichoglossus johnstunice) : 
— According to our esteemed member, Mr. W. Goodfellow, who 
first imported this species alive, in 1905, and who described his 
experiences in the " Avicultural Magazine," January, 1906 ; it is 
found only on the mountains of Minadairo in the Southern Philli- 
pines, ranging between an altitude of 4,000 and 8,000 feet. From 
their demeanour while in his possession, and the climatic condi- 
tions from which he took them, Mr. Goodfellow makes the follow- 
ing deductions : 
" Given sufficient space I have no doubt that several pairs would 
