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beautiful species to be a female of Procnias term * the male 
of which is resplendent with shining torquoise-blue, and satin - 
black. She is a beautiful and interesting bird clad in «Teen, 
marbled with brownish and yellowish. It is a native of South 
America — Colombia to Bolivia and Brazil. I shall hope to 
refer to the species in a later issue. 
Cuban WooDPEfKRR: A very interesting exhiint and one 
of the rarest l)irds in the show, where it created much notice, 
as it unconcernedly hammered away at the cork-bark lining 
of its cage. Tlic upper surface was pale grey, broadly lined 
(transversely) witli black, crown shining crimson, under parts 
pale tawny a beautiful and interesting species. 
To save needless repetition, I will stat(> here, that with 
one or two exceptions, in which the signs of the moult still 
lingered, all the exhibits were perfect, the exceptions also 
being very tight and silky in plumage. 
Mr. H. D. Astley judged, and his placings were not so well 
received as usual, but the task was a difficult one. 
Budgerigars, Love Birds, and Hanging Parrots (\?,). 
1 and vhc, R. Pauvvels, Blue Budgerigars and Guiana Lovebirds ; 2, 
S. M. Townsend, Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot ; 3, C. T. Maxwell, Red- 
crowned Hanging Parrots ; 4, Mrs. K. L. Miller, Peach-faced Lovebirds ; 
vhc and c, Mrs. C. Cooper, Yellow Budgerigars and Black-faced Lovebirds ; 
c, D. Steer, Green Budgerigars ; Mrs. Hodgkin, Black-faced L(,vobirds ; 
Countess von Hahn, Red-headed Lovebirds. 
The Blue Budgerigars, already noticed, were the feature 
of this class, and the aisles in their vicinity were continuously 
more or less blocked, and Monsieur Pauvvels is indeed to be 
congratulated on so rare and interesting a possession; he also 
exhibited a nice pair of uncommon Guiana Lovebirds, which 
were introduced to British aviculture by our esteemed mem- 
ber, Mr. E. W. Harper. Other F.B.C. members are to be 
congratulated on the excellence of their exhibits— Mr. Town- 
send's exquisite Blue -crowned Hanging Parrot, we have noticed 
in past seasons; at present its hues are richer than ever, and 
its condition flawless. The same applies to Mrs. K. Ij. Miller's 
Peach-faced Lovebirds, once almost common, now but seldom 
to be obtained— also Mr. C. T. Maxwell's Bengal Hangmg 
Parrots were both uncommon and in excellent trim. Excel - 
* Vide page 138 of current Vol. 
