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Serjeantson, Mrs. Ricketts and Mrs. Evans (all Silvers). Any Other Variety of 
Bantam (fifteen) were a nice collection. First (Phelps) one of the best marked 
pairs of Cuckoo Bantams we have ever seen. Second (Rawnsley) a very smart 
pair of Black Kosecombs. Third (Ashley) White Rosecombs, very clear in lobe 
for the colour. Fourth (Countess of Dartmouth) very neat Japanese ; v.li.c., 
A. A. Clarke (Cuckoo), Oscroft; h.c., Phelps, Ludlow, and Pearson (Black Rose- 
combs) ; h.c., Cook (Black-booted). 
Silkies (eleven) were a fairly good class, not equal to that at Yeovil last 
week. First (Mrs. Holmes) a very neat pair of Whites, very clear in colour and 
blue in lobe. Second (Darby) Whites again of fine quality. Third (Darby) 
Brown Silkies. Fourth (Toorner) White again ; h.c., Mrs. Ricketts (White), 
Darby (Brown). 
Any Variety not included in Any Ottibr Class (sixteen) were a fine 
collection. First (Beldon) a good pair of Sultans. Second (R. B. Wood) a large 
fine pair of Plymouth Rocks. Third (Miss Mortimer) good Aseels. Fourth 
(Rawnsley) moderate Sultans; v h.c., Kilby (Plymouth Rocks), Mrs. Ricketts 
(Sultans), Bradbury & Adams (Plymouth, Rocks), Mrs. Bennett (very fine 
Langshans). 
DUCKS.— Aylesbury or Rouen (eleven) were a fairly good class. First (Birch) 
fine Rouens. Second (Harris) good Aylesbury. Third (Partington) Rouens. 
Fourth (Snell) Aylesbury; h.c,, Crofts (Aylesbury), Snell, Bragg, Crofts (Rouen). 
Any Other Variety (fifteen) contained many pens of Pekins, which might well have 
a separate class. First (Gibbins) Paradise. Second (Serjeantson) Spotted Bills. 
Third (Nicholls) fine Pekin drakes. Fourth (Yardloy) Ruddy Shelldrakes ; 
v.h.c., Nicholls, Birch and Wade (Pekins) ; h.c., Snell and Simon (Pekins), 
Leno (Mandarin), Simon (Cayuga), Oakley (West Indian). 
PIGEONS. 
Dragoons were wonderfully good classes, the competition being very keen. 
Blue, or Silver Codes numbered twenty. First (Close) a Blue. Second (W. Smith) 
a Silver. Third (Morpus), and fourth (W. Smith), both Blues; v.h.c., Grant 
and Close (Blues), Morpus (Silver) ; h.c., Crofts, Carn (2), and Shewell (Blues). 
Any Other Colour Codes (eighteen). — First-and-cup (Morpus), a fine Yellow. 
Second (Morpus) a Blue Chequer. Third (Shewell) a Grizzle. Fourth (Elking- 
ton) a Red; v.h.c., Hemingsley (2, Blue Chequers), Close (Red), Elkington 
(Yellow) ; h.c., W. Smith & Shewell (Bine Chequers), Sparrow (Yellow), Booth 
and Smith (Grizzles), C. Lomax (Yellow), liens, any colour (thirteen).—First 
(Booth) a Yellow. Second (Close) a Blue. Third (Elkington) a Blue Chequer. 
Fourth (W. Smith) a Grizzle ; v.h.c., Smith (Blue); h.c., Carn (Blue), Close 
(Silver). Cocks bred in 1880 (nineteen).—First (Morpus) a Blue Chequer. Second 
(same) a Blue. Third (same) a Yellow. Fourth (Grant) a Blue Chequer ; v.h.c., 
Southall and h.c., Smith (both Blues), liens bred in 1880 (thirteen).—First 
(Grant), and second (Elkington) Blues. Third (W. Smith), a Silver. Fourth 
(Carn) a Blue Chequer; h.c., Smith, Owen, and Morpus (Blues) ; c., W. H. Peake 
(a Blue Chequer). 
ANTtVERPS were all remarkably flue classes. Short-faced Blue, 0 r Blue Che¬ 
quered Cccks (eight).—First and second (Ilubbaid) Blues. Third (Yardley) a 
Blue Chequer. Fourth (Edwards) a Blue; v.h.c., Blanton (Blue). Any Other 
Colour Cocks (twenty-five).—First and fourth (Sadler) Silver Duns. Second and 
third (Hopwood) a Silver Strawberry and a Silver Dun ; v.h.c., Wade (2, Silver 
Duns); h.c., Moxley, Yardley, Gough, and Blakemore (Silver Duns), Moseley, 
Plimley, Gough (Strawberries), Buckland, Garfield, Sadler, Edwards, Clulee 
(Red Chequers), Gardener (2, a Red Chequer and a Silver Dun). Hens, any 
Colour (twenty-two).—First-and-cup (Hopwood), second (Wade), ttiird (Sadler), 
and fourth (Clulee) were all Silver Duns ; v.h.c., Smart & Sadler (Silver Duns), 
Gough (Strawberry), Hopwood (Red Chequer); h.c., Buckland (2), and Gough 
(Red Chequers), Butler & Lister (Strawberries), Clulee (Silver Dun). Any 
Colour Cocks bred in 1880 (twenty-nine) were an extraordinary class. First 
(Moseley) a Strawberry, second (Chavasse), third (Gordin), and fourth (Ken¬ 
drick) were all Silver Duns ; v.h.c., Chavasse (2), Gardener & Hopwood (Silver 
Duns), Yardley, Southall, and Rawnsley (Red Chequers), Sadler (Blue Chequer), 
Butler (Blue) ; h.c., Dowler (Blue), Blower & Gough (2, Red Chequers), Sadler, 
Jerome, Chavasse, Moseley, Greeu, and Gordin (Silver Dun ). Any Colour Hens 
bred in 1880 (seventeen).—First (Hopwood), second (Sadler), Silver Duns ; third 
(Hopwood), a Red Chequer ; fourth (Chavasse), a Silver Dun ; v.h.c., Gough 
(Blue), Chavasse (Silver Dun); h.c., Dowler (Blue), Oldham, Chavasse, Gordin, 
and Jerome (Silver Duns), Gough (Red Chequer), Gardener (Blue Chequer) ; c., 
Wade & Mrs. Bishop (Red Chequers), Dowler (Bine). 
Hojiers (twenty-two).—First (Booth), second (Turner), third (Currie), and 
fourth (Hadley) were all Blue Chequers ; v.h.c., Hadley ; as also h.c., Leake (2), 
Currie, Hadley, Margetts, Jenkinson, and c., Leake, were again all Blue Chequers. 
Owls, English.— Cocks (twenty-three), as also the other Owl classes, were of 
good average quality. First-and-cup (Lister), and second (Weston) were Blues. 
Third (Weston) a Silver. Fourth (Leake) a Blue ; v.h.c., Ingram & Duthie 
(Blues) ; h.c., Weston (2), Wardle, Booth (Blues), Brunton and Edwards 
(Silvers). Hens (seventeen).—First (Lister) a Silver. Second (Weston), third 
(Duthie), and fourth (Walker) all Blues ; v.h.c. and h.c., Weston (Blues) ; h.c., 
Weston and Hammond (Silvers); c., Wardle (Silver). 
Turbits (ten) beyond the winner were only an average class. First (Stephen¬ 
son) a Blue. Second (Yardley) a Silver. Third (Wardle) a Silver. Fourth 
(Bulley) a Yellow ; h.c, Brunton (Red), Wareliam (Yellow). 
Tumblers.— Balds or Beards (eleven) were a wonderful class. All the prizes 
went to Short-faced, but the Long-faced might have won in their own classes 
elsewhere. First (Silvester) a Blue Bald with a head as good as that of an 
Almond. Second (Martin) a Silver Bald. Third (Martin) a Blue Bald. Fourth 
(Weston) a Blue Beard ; v.h.c., Weston (2, b#th Long-faced, a Red and a Blue 
Beard), Crofts (a Long-faced Black Bald), Cartwright (2, a Silver and a Blue 
Bald); h.c., Southall (Blue Beard). Any Other Variety except Almonds (seven¬ 
teen) were an extra good class. First (Yardley) a Long-faced Black Mottle. 
Second (Crofts) the champion Red Agate, passed over on account of being dirty. 
Third (AA T eston) a Red Kite. Fourth CWeston) a Yellow Mottle ; v.h.c., Weston 
(Black Kite), Yardley (Yellow Agate), Goodburn (a Red Kite) ; li.c., Weston 
and Mays (Red Rosewings), Langridge (Red Kite), Southall (Muffed Black 
Mottle), Yardley (Red Mottle), Booking (Black Mottle), Southall (Muffed Red¬ 
breast. 
!r Magpies and Swallows (twenty-five) were a fine class; indeed nearly every 
bird was a well-known winner. First (Tedd) a Black Swallow. Second (Book¬ 
ing) a Black Magpie. Third (Tedd) a Black Magpie. Equal fourths (Mudie and 
Bulley) both Bed Magpies ; v.h.c., Crofts (Red Swallow) ; h.c., Stevens & Lewis 
(Black Magpies), Tedd, Brunton (Red Magpies), Tedd, Bulley (Yellow Magpies), 
Bulley ; c., Wardle (Black Swallow), Wardle (2, Red Swallows), Mays (Yellow 
Swallow). 
Fantails (seventeen) were a very good class, but we thought the Judge went 
rather too much for the English type. All the noticed birds were Whites except 
the fourth which was a Blue. First, Beldon ; second, Warhurst; third, Lover- 
sidge ; fourth, Yardley ; v.h.c., Peel, Loversidge ; li.c., Crofts, Laidlow. 
JACOBINS AND NUNS (seventeen) were nothing wonderful as regards the first- 
named variety, hut the Nuns were good. First (Booking) a Yellow Jacobin. 
Second (Booking) a Red Jacobin. Third (Crofts) a Black Jacobin. Fourth 
(Beldon) a Red Jacobin ; v.h.c., Weyman & Buchanan (Yellow Jacobins); h.c., 
Crofts (Red Jacobin), Tatliam (Black Jacobin) ; c„ Tatliam (Yellow Jacobin), 
Wardle (Black Nun), Yardley (Red Nun), Beldon, Gould (Red Jacobins). 
Any Otiier Variety (twenty-six) were a grand collection, the prizes had 
all to go to the standard varieties, for which there were no separate classes. 
First-and-cup (Crofts) a Black Pied Pouter. Second (Crofts) a Blue Pied Pouter. 
Third (AVeston) an Almond Tumbler hen. Fourth (Yardley) a Dun Carrier; 
v h.c., Chase, Lomax, and Wliitehouse (Black Carriers), Yardley ; h.c., AVeston (2>, 
and Goodburn (Almond Tumblers), Silvester (Satinette), Yardley (Black Mottled 
Trumpeter), AAGlson and Yardley (AVhite Pouters, Martin (Almond Tumbler), 
Clulee (Black Trumpeters), Lomax (Starling), Keay (Black Barb). 
OFFICERS OF THE POULTRY CLUB. 
Permit me to announce through your columns that the election 
to the vacant offices in the Poultry Club has concluded as follows : 
— ■President, Hon. and Rev. F. G. Dutton. Treasurer, H. R. 
Dugmore. Hon. Secretary, A. Comyns. Committee, T. W. Anns, 
O. E. CresstAmll, Rev. H. C. Fellowes, J. C. Fraser, R. E. Horsfall, 
T. P. Lyon, L. 0. C. R. Norris, Rev. J. D. Peake, E. Pritchard, Rev. 
YV. Serjeantson, Butler Smith. Mr. Butler Smith does not wish 
to serve, and therefore a place on the Committee is vacant, to 
which the Rev. E. H. Morgan has been nominated. Any other 
nominations and ail the business of the Club should henceforth be 
addressed to the new Secretary, A. Comyns, Esq., 47, Chancery 
Lane, London, W.C., and not to myself.— O. Ernest Cresswell. 
ASEELS AT CAMBRIDGE. 
These classes, which were specially good, were, in consequence of a mistake 
on the part of the Show authorities, not judged by Captain Astley on the first 
day of the Show. AVe were, therefore, only able to give the awards (which 
reached us by wire) last week. Colonel Montressor kindly consented to withdraw 
his entries—which were among the best—and to judge the birds on the second 
day of the Show. The following are our notes on these classes :— 
Cocks Any Aye (eighteen).—First (Fellowes) a Mottle bird, looked like last 
year’s winner, a trifle tall, but in good form and having the characteristics of an 
Aseel; fine skin and face, and good legs and tail; handles well and clear crow. 
Second (Bryan) a Grey cockerel, a good chicken all over and very hard 
in hand; will never look better, and may possibly become coarse; the best 
shaped bird in the class. Third (Dutton) a Red Mottle cockerel, famous hack 
and limbs and well shown. Fourth (Carvill) a AVhite cockerel, clear in feather 
and face ; preferable to the first-prize bird of same colour at Birmingham, being 
more compact and showing more quality ; v.h.c., Bryan (Red Mottle), Gatty 
(Spangle cock) ; h.c., Carvill, Mann and Porter ; c., Bunnett; 14 (Montressor) a 
strongly made Black Mottle of very fine carriage; we thought one of the best 
in the class. Hens Any Age (twenty-one).—The Blacks in this class were 
decidedly the most attractive. First (Peake) a Black hen, good all round, proper 
size and style. Second (Dutton) a Black pullet, very beautiful in shape and 
plumage, somewhat wanting in limb. Third (Dutton) a Brown pullet, very 
neat and handles well, but wanting in style. Fourth (Bunnett) a Speckled 
pullet, rather ragged and out of condition, but very promising; v.h.c., Dutton 
(2, Black), Sugden (Black and White-spangle), Peake (Pheasant) ; h.c., Mann 
and Porter, Miles : c., Sugden. Pens 28 and 29 (Col. Montressor’s birds) were 
both specially good, the first containing a very flue imported Black hen, and the 
latter another Black, which was perhaps best in the class. 
OUR LETTER BOX. 
Eggs in Winter (A. B. E .).—You cannot do better than read the article 
on this subject on page 121. If you obtain a good breed, and carry out the in¬ 
structions referred to, you may hope to succeed in your object. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
CAMDEN SQUARE,LONDON. 
Lat. 51° 32'40"N.; Long. 0° 8'0" W.; Altitude,111 feet. 
date. 
9 A.M. 
In the day. 
1881. 
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Min. 
sun. 
grass. 
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deg. 
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deg. 
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deg. 
In. 
Sun. 30 
29.174 
43.8 
43.2 
s. 
34.5 
48.4 
41.8 
52.0 
35.8 
0.055 
Mon. 31 
29.521 
37.6 
37.3 
AV. 
35.7 
48.0 
35.2 
79.8 
28.4 
Tues. 1 
29.816 
33.6 
33.3 
N.E. 
36.0 
38.2 
31.4 
45.4 
28.6 
0.012 
AVed. 2 
29.744 
41.7 
40.8 
S. 
36.3 
49.4 
32.6 
49.6 
33.6 
0.274 
Tliurs. 3 
29.670 
48.7 
48.4 
S.AV. 
38.. 
52.7 
41.4 
57.7 
40.3 
0.012 
Friday 4 
29.444 
47.3 
46.6 
s. 
40.1 
51.7 
46.3 
57.8 
41.7 
0.050 
Satur. 5 
29.413 
40.8 
39.4 
AV. 
41.2 
48.5 
40.6 
68.8 
39.6 
0.013 
Means. 
29.540 
41.9 
41.3 
37.5 
48.1 
38.5 
58.7 
35.4 
0.416 
REMARKS. 
30th.—Mild, calm, and showery. 
31st.—Fine, with some bright sunsliin \ 
1st.—Foggy and colder morning, cle ir in middle of day, fog again after 3 P.M. 
2nd.—Damp and showery, heavy shower at 3.10 P.M. 
3rd.—Damp, mild, and showery. 
4th.—Slight rain in morning, rest of the day fair but overcast. 
5th.—Rain first part of the morning, fine with sunshine alter 11 A.M., windy 
and rainy after 9 P.M. 
Temperature above the average; thao at 9 A.M. has averaged more than 20° 
higher than the week before last. The means for the three successive weeks have 
been 21-7 CI , 30 7°, and 4P9°, an excessive if not unprecedented rise.—G. J. Sy MONS 
