observation of the least brilliant specimen, as possibly it was one 

 of those near species. This should prove a delightful bird for 

 the aviary and possesses also the additional attraction, of not 

 having yet been bred in this country. It ranges over practically 

 the whole of Southern and Tropical Africa, extending northwards 

 to the Congo and Abyssinia. The adult male has the sides and 

 upper part of the head black, broken up by five longitudinal 

 lines, a narrow one down the centre of the crown extending to 

 the nape, and two on each side of the head, one above and one 

 below the eye ; upper surface nutty-brown with the centres of the 

 feathers of the mantle and wings, blackish ; chin, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts white, slightly washed with yellow ; throat and 

 breast, bright yellow, strongly suffused on the breast with 

 golden-rufous; beak: upper mandible brown, lower mandible 

 flesh colour, which is also the colour of the legs and feet. The 

 female differs but little from the male, her colours are not of 

 quite so rich a hue, and the blacks and white of her plumage are 

 not so pure and also slightly mottled. 



The Festive Tanager (Calliste f estiva). 



This is a very beautiful species and was first exhibited 

 by Mr. Maxwell at theL.C.B.A. December Show. Of the many 

 species whicb adorn this gorgeous genus this is certainly not the 

 least beautiful. Briefly, the general body colouring is iridescent 

 orass-green ; sides of face and upper neck golden-copper colour; 

 crown, glistening blue. A beautiful and uncommon species, of 

 which another specimen has since come into the possession of 

 one of our members. 



Time only permits me to pass the other notabilities very 

 briefly in review, many of them were however, described in last 

 volume. The Indian Sunbird ; Mr. Townsend's Yeixow- 

 winged Sugar Bird was exquisite ; I have never seen a finer 

 specimen, the richness and purity of the colouring of its silky and 

 iridescent plumage being simply beyond description ; the same 

 applies to his beautiful Black-faced Sugar Bird, a much larger 

 species. Passing to the All Species Class, which mostly contains 

 a series of interesting and beautiful birds. The Birds of Paradise 

 have been already mentioned ; the bird which most appealed to 



