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other suitable weapon. The same lavish hand has 

 arranged the nesting sites. Cocoanut husks, etc., 

 must be purchased by the gross to supply the number 

 with which the whole roofs of the inner aviaries are 

 lined, providing homes of ever\^ variety, size and 

 shape to suit the tastes of their feathered tenants, all 

 of which look so well and happy, and bear such ample 

 testimony to their owner's care. 



^be 1Rut)()v)::^5bouIDereD Cowbirt), or 

 ^roupial. 



{Agelcsus hnmeralis). 

 By W. T. Page, F.Z.S. 



This desirable bird is very uncommon as an in- 

 habitant of our aviaries, though it has been known to 

 ornithologists for a long period, and even at the 

 present time, including those imported by a well- 

 known dealer this spring, I much question if there 

 are more than a dozen specimens in this country. 



Plumage. Adult male: Glossy black; wing coverts 

 (I have not examined the wing in the hand) yellowish- 

 brown, forming a broadish band when the wing is 

 slightly stretched, the band is palest on its lower 

 portion, and quite ruddy on the upper portion ; bill 

 and feet, black ; iris, very dark brown. Total length 

 yin., wing 4iin., tail 3Jin. 



Female : The Museum Catalogue states that she 

 is similar to the male, but rather smaller, and her 

 wing coverts mixed with black. If this is so, then 

 my female is either cya7iop7is, flavins, or frontalis ; 

 anyhow she and the male came together in the same 



