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Editorial. 
hoi'ticultuml exhibitions this year, a leallet of which is dis- 
tributed with this issue. Members interested in carnations 
might do worse than send to him for a list. 
Uncommon Stecies: We have been asked to inclvide a 
few brief descriptions of these. We shall hope to supplement 
the two following in future issues. 
Dufresne'S Waxbill : (Coccopygia dufresni) Top of 
iiead and Jiape, lead-grey; mantle yellowisii-olive; barred with 
grey, lower back and upper tail coverts, orange -vermiliion; 
wing, smoky-black; mostly with olive external edges; central 
tail feathers, black, others ashy brown; side of head, from 
just al)ove eye, including cheeks, ear-coverts, chin and throat, 
hitense black; this black area bordered with white, which 
mergeti into the pale greenish -buff of the under surface of 
body; upper mandible, black; lower, crimson; irides, rich 
red. Female lacks the black head marks of the male, other- 
wise very similar, but slightly duller. 
Masked Firefinch : (Lo.r/o«o67/f/a larvata)< aiaty-grey 
on the upper surface, marked more oj' less with vinaceous-red; 
lower back, upper tail coverts, and margms of tail feathers, 
rich crunson-red; tail otherwise black; wings dusky, with the 
quills bi'owu with usliy mai'gins; sides oi head, (;hin, y,nd 
ihroai black; breast vinous-red, Hanks marked with black- 
edged white spots; centre of breast, abdomen, thighs, vent 
and under -tail coverts black; beak, legs, and feet, grey. 
Treat as Cordon Bleus and Common Firefiriches. 
Red-naped Lorikeets {T ruhoylo.'isuti mbrilorques). It 
will (li)ubtless interest many readei's, especially those unable 
10 provide roomy aviaries for their birds, to hear that in one 
of the large cages inside the Zoo Parrot House a young bird 
of this spe"Cies has been successfully reared. In i>lumage it ex- 
actly resembles its parents, though the various hues of its 
plumage lack the lustre of the adult bird. This is the first 
occasion on which this species has been successfully bred in 
Great Britain, though hybrids have been reared between this 
species and Forsten's Lorikeet. 
