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sinian Ciolden Sparrow (Passer luteus) which was described 
and figured in colour in " B.N." Vol. III., p. 1(59., an interest- 
ing species for the aviary or cage, not difficult to breed. Very 
few have been imported of late years. True pairs of Green 
Singing Finches, very rich colour, and Green Cardinals, were 
also exhibited. 
Ali Species of T.\nagees (12). 
1, 2, 4, vhc and c, C. T. Maxwell, Blue and Black, Black-throated, 
Black-backed and Rufous-throated Blue Tanagers, Black-throated Chat- 
terer ; 3, Pitchford and Stocker, Necklace Tanager ; vhc, Mrs. K. L. Miller, 
true pair Festive Tanagers ; R. J. Watts, Mrs, Hodgkin, S. M. Townsend, 
all Rufous-throated Blue Tanagers ; A. Sutcliffe, Yellow-bellied (Vieillot's) 
Tanager ; c, A. Sutcliffe, Desmarest's Tanager. 
The placings in this class were not well received. 
All the entrants with the exception of Necklace Tanager being 
very uncommon or unique, so that it became mostly a question 
of rarity, and this point appears to have been very largely 
overlooked. There were four specimens of outstanding rarity, 
all probably first appearances on the show bench, and in three 
instances probably the only living specimens in the country, 
viz., the Black Chatterer, Yellow-bellied (Viellofs) Tanager, 
Blue and Black Tanager, and Desmarest's Tanager, all but the 
Blue and Black hardly treated. The Desmarest's was however, 
not in full adult plumage and was looking very soft the first 
day of the show, but was quite fit on the Saturday. Mrs. 
Miller exhibited a unique pair of Festive Tanagers, very 
rich in colour and in faultless condition, very hardly treated. 
A good Necklace Tanager was very favouraWy treated com- 
paratively with its competitors. The Black-backed "Tanager 
(C. melanonata) made a welcome re -appearance, 'this species 
was described and figured in B.N. Vol. IV., p. \ 71. A feature 
of the class was the number of Eufous-throated Blue Tanagers, 
which only a season ago was unique and is now becoming 
almost common; by the way, it is not a Tanager, and a 
better name would be the Rufous-throated Blue Sugar-bird, 
as it forms a snb-iamily of the CCEREBTD^J^J, viz., GLOSS- 
IPTILIN.-E, of which it is the sole representative, as Glossip- 
tila ruflcollis, and its proper class is Sugar Birds, etc., bur 
of course, owing to precedent, it had to be judged as a Tanager. 
Another lovely exhibit was the Black -throated Tanager (C . 
thoracia), a perfect blaze of gorgeous and iridescent plumage. 
