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L.C.B.A. International Show. 
melli), quite a large species and by no means so beautiful 
as some of its commoner congeners. A beautiful exhibit was 
a pair of Tri-coloured Parrot Finches, which at the present time 
are more plentiful than the common Parrot Finch, which, how- 
ever, is not placing them as by any means common. Some half- 
dozen of the ever popular, but somewhat disappointing Gould- 
ian Finches were entered here, all Black-heads, with one 
exception, and all in finest condition, and some of the best 
coloured specimens the writer has seen. Mr. Maxwell also 
exhibited a good pair of Painted Finches, very fit, but lacking, 
as is usual, at this season, much of the solid scarlet coloura- 
tion on the sides of the head, which is such a feature of the 
breeding season. An exhibit entered as a Black Weaver 
appeared to be merely a melanistic Orange Weaver. 
All Species Geosbeaks, True Finches and Buntings 
(10). 
1, Mrs. K. L. Miller, Rainbow Bunting ; 2, A. Sutcliffe, true pair Col- 
ombian Siskins ; 3, C. T. Maxwell, Cuban Finch ; 4, J. C. W. Meadows, 
Black-headed Siskin ; vhc, S. Williams, Yellow Abyssian Sparrow ; Mrs. 
Hodgkin, Green Cardinals (pair) ; c, Mrs. C. Cooper, Green Singing Finches. 
The feature of this class was Mrs. J. L. Miller's lovely 
Rainbow Bunting (Cyanospiza leclancheri) . A coloured plate 
and full description appeared in Bird Notes Vol. VTII. It 
is a near relative of the well-known Nonpareil Bunting, and is 
a marvel of brilliant, yet soft and chaste colouration — it retains 
its full depth of colouring in captivity — this bird was almost as 
much enquired after as the Bird of Paradise, and Blue Budgeri- 
gars, and fully deserved its popularity and premier position. 
Mr. A. Sutcliffe exhibited true pairs of Colombian Siskins 
(Chrysomitris colomhiana,) which were described and figured in 
colour in Vol VII. of Bird Notes, and Fire-red Finches (Sper- 
tn'/philn minuta), the latter l)eiiiK the more uncommon, but 
were rather rough and still in the moult. Mr. Meadows 
exhibited a Black-headed Siskin (C. icterica), which war- 
described in Vol. VII " B.N." page 3.3. It may l)e well to 
note tho distinguishing features. The Colombian Siskin lias 
the to]) of the head and whole of the upper surface l)lue -black, 
with the under parts yellow. The Black -headed Siskin lias 
the whole of the head black; the upper surface olivo -green, 
and the underparts yellow. A species not seen for some time 
on the show bench was a well coloured specimen of the Aliys- 
