140 Foreign Birds. 



and neck are blue-2:rey washed with mauve, the mantle duller grey; 

 win^q coverts yellow bronze, each feather with a triani,mlar black 

 centre; flights dark slate grey with light blue edges. Tail slate 

 tipped with white. Below, chin and throat like the head, breast 

 dull grey, belly and under tail-coverts white. Round tlie neck 

 is a half collar of black feathers with white tips. Tris liq'ht hazel; 

 bill slate; legs dull crimson pink. The bare skin round the eye 

 the same colour as the legs. 



(To he cnnlinn.cd). 



Foreign Birds. 



V>Y Weslky T. Page, P.Z.S., Etc. 



(Coniiniied from page 11) 



Pectoral EurnoxiA (E. 'pectornJis) : A few of this 

 species were importod in 1910. A short account of a pair of 

 these appears in Vol. VIII., p. 155, by Mr. T. E. Hadley, 

 who descrilies the cock as quite fearless, and constantly sing- 

 ing a very scrappy song, which he winds up with a snap or 

 two of tlie l)ill. A very handsome species. 



Adult male: Phimage very sleek and glossy. Upper 

 parts dark navy-]-)luo, with a greeny tinge showing on neck 

 and back in some lights; throat and middle breast dark navy- 

 blue; sides of breast rich saffron -yellow; abdomen and under- 

 tail-coverts rich dark chestnut; bill l^lack, Avith a slaty sheen at 

 base; legs and feet black. Total length 4J inches, tail 1^. 



The female is an olive -green bird, with patches of ashy- 

 olive on the nape, throat and breast; vent rufous. 



It is a native of tlie wooded regions of S.E. Brazil. 



Black-bellied EurnoNiA (E. cayana). 



Unknown to English aviculture. 



Adult male: Shining bluish -l)lack, witli patches of bright 

 yellow on each side of breast; under wing-coverts and inner 

 margins of flights white; bill black; legs and feet brownish- 

 black. Total length 4 inches, tail If. 



The female is greenish-olive above and ashy-olive below; 

 a patch of ashy-olive on the nape; sides of breast and flanks 

 olive-yellow. ^ " :W'r^ 



Habitat. Cayenne, Guiana and Lower Amazonia 

 (B.M.C.) ^-^ : ji 



