27$" BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



with a canary requires confirmation. Food and treatment 

 as the preceding. 



White-Eyebrowed Finch. — This bird is also known 

 and more correctly, as the white-crowned sparrow ; it is 

 very inconspicuous in appearance, and has no song to 

 speak of. If desired as an inmate of the aviary, it should 

 be fed and treated as the preceding. 



THE STARLINGS. 

 The BlA-CK Troupial belongs to this group. 



Family — Icteridcu. 



Genus — Quiscalus. Q. luguhris. 



The colour is black, with a purple metallic gloss ; the 

 feet and legs are black, and the eyes yellow ; the female is 

 duller in her appearance. Food and treatment as recom- 

 mended for the common starling. 



THE TOUCANS. 



Occurring in Southern America, and, among other places, 

 in the British Colony of Demcrara ; these remarkable birds 

 constitute the 



Fam i ly — RanipJiasiidcE. 

 Genus — 

 Ramphastus. R. toco. Toco Toucan. 



A', erythrorhynchus. Red-billed Toucan. 

 A', dicoloriis. Green-billed Toucan. 



They are all remarkable for the apparently dispro- 

 portionate size of their bills, which almost rival those of 



