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and ashy -olive below, washed with yellowish on the sides of 

 neck, breast, and flanks; ventral region rufous. 



Habitat: Upper Amazonia and Rio Neg-ro (E.M.C.)- 

 Yellow-banded EunioNiA (E. vittata) : The trivial 

 name I have given this species, forms perhaps the least dis- 

 tinctive feature of its beautiful plumage, viz., a slight yellow 

 bar or baud across the forehead, but it is distinctive in being 

 the only yellow l)and the bird possesses. 

 Unknown to English aviculture. 



I have examined the Aluseum skin, but in this case I 

 prefer quoting from their catalogue in full: 



" Above shilling pnii)lish black, with a slight yellow bar across the 

 " forehead ; below, throat and foreiieck bluish-black ; abdomen deep 

 " orange, more yellowish on the sides and Ijreast and flanks ; tail beneath 

 " black, with a small oval white spot on the inner web of the outer f ea- 

 " ther ; under wing-coverts and inner webs of wing-feathers white. Whole 

 "length 4'2 inches, wing 2'4, tail 1'4. 

 " Habitat : Brazil." 



" I have never yet met with a second specimen of this apparently 

 "distinct species, which in general resembles E. rtifirpi/tris. but is at once 

 " distinguishable by the narrow frontal band and white spots on the outer 

 "tail-feathers (B.M.C., Yob XL) 



To be continued. 



Freely Imported Species and their Treatment. 



By J. Easton Scott, M.A., M.B. 



Waxbills: The Waxbills comprise a fairly large family, 

 and number amongst their members some of the most charming 

 birds, both for the beginner, and for the experienced avicul- 

 turist. They are eminently suited for being kept in cages, for 

 they very quickly adapt themselves to confined surroundings, 

 and settle down without that air of discontent that is so evident 

 in many birds kept under the conditions of cage life ; nor do 

 they become dull and listless, but, on the contrary, they seem 

 to retain all their vivacity and attractive demeanour. At the 

 same time, though this may be true, there is no doubt that if 

 one can give them comparative freedom in a large outside 

 aviary, the interest in keeping them is greatly enhanced. 



Perhaps no birds are more freely imported than many 

 members of the Waxbill group, and for this reason very few of 



