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1, Miss M. Bousfield, Red-headed Finches ; 2 and 4, F. Howe, Golden- 
breasted and Grey Waxbills ; 3, C. H. Row, Orange-cheeked Waxbills ; vhc, 
R. J. Watts, Golden-breasted Waxbills ; c, S. Williams, Spice Birds ; Allum 
Bros., Orange Weaver. 
This class calls for but little comment, save that it always 
causes the writer to moralise on what a beautiful and interest- 
ing series of birds can be kept without going outside the cheap 
and freely imported species. The first prize-winners are in 
the wrong class, and should have been so marked; the judge 
failing to note this, certainly made rather " hard lines " for 
the other entrants. There were three Orange Weavers in 
this class, one of which was the most brilliant we have seen, 
being fiery orange -scarlet, a second was a typical specimen 
while the third was intermediate between the two. A friend 
informed me that a number of these richly hued birds had 
been in the dealers' hands recently, probably a local variation. 
All Species Waxbills, Mannikins, etc. (6). 
1, F. Howe, Melba Finches ; 2, S. Watson, Jamieson's Waxbill ; 3, J. 
C. W. Meadows, Aurora Finch ; 4, Rev. J. M. Paterson, Chestnut-breasted 
Finch. 
This class was not so well filled as usual, as out of 6 
entries there was one absentee and a pair of Golden -breasted 
Waxbills wrong-class. The 1st prize winners a lovely pair of 
Melba Finches, which for general fitness, richness of colouring 
and clean cut markings, were about the best I remember to 
have seen. The second prize bird was an interesting and un- 
common Jamieson's Waxbill, which is most briefly described 
as a sombre Fire Finch, very handsome and fit. The Aurora 
Finch, standing third, was also a deep and richly coloured 
specimen, and the same may be said for the Rev. Paterson's 
Chestnut -breasted Finch, very few of the latter have been 
on the market of late. 
Alt. Species of Grasspinches, Weavers and WnvoAns 
(12). 
1 and 4, C. T. Maxwell, Red-rumped Weaver and Painted Finches ; 2 
and vhc. Miss M. Bousfield, Tri-coloured Parrot Finches and B.H. Gouldiau 
Finches: ;> and c, Rev. J. Paterson, Long-tailed Grassfinches aiid Pin-tail 
Nonpareil ; c. R. J. Watts, R.H. Gouldian Finch ; C. H. Row, B.H. Gould- 
ian FiiR-li. 
This class was a fairly strong one and contained some 
beautiful and interesting exhibits, foremost among which was 
Mr Maxwell's rare Red-rumpcd Weaver (Dinemcllia dine- 
