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2nd with a lovely Golden, which won him Mr. Spedan Lewis’ beautiful

cup for the best Golden at the Show. Mr. Lambert also was 3rd in

this class, and again 1st and 2nd in Class 328 with an Edwards and

Swinhoe’s Pheasant. And in Class 329 with 17 exhibits Mr. Lambert

came 1st and won two specials, with a lovely Peacock Pheasant from

Burma. Mrs. Barrington was 2nd with a fine Impeyan or Monal,

and Lord Tredegar 3rd with another beauty of the same species.

When one realizes the difficulty of transporting these birds, the display

made by this collection of over fifty specimens was very wonderful.


Now we come to the classes for Parrot-like birds, judged by Dr.

Derscheid, Belgium. Class 330 for Lovebirds, etc., 1st was awarded to

Mr. W. Kibble’s lovely Bed-faced Lovebirds, and 2nd to the same

species shown by Mrs. Willsher ; 3rd to Mrs. Varney’s fine pair of

Peach-faced. Class 331 only two exhibits : 1st went to an outstanding

Bed-rumped Parrakeet shown by Mrs. Cotton, and 2nd to Mr. Handley,

with a pair of the same species. In Class 332 for Cockatiels, 1st went

to a very dainty pair shown by Mrs. Hamilton, who also won 3rd ;

2nd Mr. W. A. Tee. In Class 333 Lord Tredegar came first with an

exceedingly fine Bauer’s Parrakeet, a tame and amusing bird ; 2nd

to Miss N. Blay with a Bosella ; 3rd to Mr. Norman Allison with

a lovely Crimson-wing. Class 334 also a very small one, all three

exhibits were shown by Mr. Handley, who got 1st, 2nd, and 3rd with

a Many-coloured, Turquoisines and Bourkes. The next class, 335, was

small, but the three exhibits were wonderful. Mr. Ezra 1st with a

superb pair of Queen Alexandra’s Parrakeets, most perfectly staged ;

2nd Mr. Maxwell with a very fine pair of Derbyans, and Miss Henderson

with a pair of Queen of Bavaria Conures. When I first saw this very

rare exhibit I thought there must be some mistake, surely nothing

could beat it; however, on looking at the winners, one realized that

they won on condition and the way they were put down. In Class 336

Mrs. Proudfoot won with a lovely little Meyers Parrot. Lord Tredegar

showed a very attractive Yellow-fronted Amazon, and Mr. Batt a

very fine African Grey. In Class 337 Mr. Maxwell was 1st with a

grand pair of Banksian Cockatoos ; Mr. Batt’s rare Citron-crested was

2nd, and his Salmon-crested Moluccan Cockatoo came 3rd ; a very

fine fellow, and tame too. In Class 338 Miss Henderson showed the



