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Maxwell, Blue-headed Wagtail; c. Bearded Rcedling. Lack of space 
forbids comment — most interesting and beautiful. 
A.S. Insectivorous (large), 5. 1 and 3 A. J. A. Marley, 
beautiful Great Grey Shrike, and very flue Missel Thrush ; 2 Miss 
M. Bousfield, grand Waxwing; v.h.c, C. T. Maxwell, beautiful Wry- 
neck; h.c, 11. C. Tout, another Wryneck. 
Rake Feathered Species. Only drew one entry, a beauti- 
ful Lutino Yellow Bunting, owned by Marten and Archer, it was 
deservedly given 1st prize. 
THE FOREIGN SECTION. 
A goodly array, Tncludiug many rare and uncommon species, 
were gathered together in this section ; the four classes drawing 
55 entries of which four were absentees. The writer regrets he was 
able to spend but two hours at the show, and was able to do little 
more than note, the general excellence of the exhibits and the rare 
or uncommon species staged. There was some criticism of the awards 
in two classes. 
A.S. Parrots, Lories, etc (14). One was glad to see 
once more, the once common but now extremely rare, Tur- 
quoisine Parrakeet; and other rare or uncommon exhibits were Mr. 
Maxwell's Red-faced Conure and Brown-throated Lorikeet; Miss 
Clare's Hooded Parrakeets (described as Golden-shouldered in cata- 
logue) , and Mr. Ezra's Lutino Ringueck Parrakeet, which has fared 
somewhat hardly up to the present. 
1, 3 and v.h.c, C. T. Maxwell, Brown -throated Lorikeet, 
Blue-winged Green Parrakeets and Red-fa' ed Couure, a grand trio; 
2 ana h.c. Miss Clare, good pair Hooded Parrakeets and Turquoisine 
Parrakeet; v.h.c, W. Edmunds, very fine Brown's Parrakeet, A. 
Ezra, Lutino Ring-neck Parrakeet, and Mrs. A. Davey; h.c, Rev. 
G. H. Raynor, Senegal Parrot, W. Edmunds, pair Lineolated Parra- 
keets; c, W. Edmunds, Green Budgerigars. 
Common Seedeatees (14): Some beautiful birds and un- 
common ones too, were gathered together heie, though it is some- 
what ambiguous to call a class " Common Seedeaters " which include 
all species of Weavers! Mr. Sydney William's three entries of un- 
common Weavers we: e an interesting ti io — the Crimson -crowned (P//- 
rnmclanii flammircps), Red-headed {Quelea crtjlhrops), and the 
Black-fronted {Hyphantornis velatux) — barely got their dues at the 
judges' hands. ! 
1, 2 and v.h.c, R. J. Watts, exceptional pairs of Gold- 
breasted Waxbills and Green Avadavats, and a good Diamond Finch ; 
3, 0. T. Maxwell, one of the best pairs of Cordon Bleus the writer 
fias seen; v.h.c, h.c, and c, Sydney Williams, Red-headed, Black- 
fronted, and Crimson -crowned Weavers, a fine trio; v.h.c. Miss J. 
Blagg, Grey Waxbills, S. W. Beresford, Green Singingfinches, and 
G. Mortlock, Cordon Bleus; h.c, J. T. Hose, Gold-breasted Waxbills; 
c, Marten and Haddon, Diamond Finch, and J. Frostick, Orange 
Weavers. 
