Foreign Birds. ' 17^ 



make good use of the bath, and are often soaked through with 

 their splashiiigs, and, quite heavy with wet even on quite cokl 

 days. 



The Mice Pest : Can anyone tell me how to extermin- 

 ate mice in such a situation as mine, with the stone wall for a 

 breeding ground — part of the wall is cemented, but not all ? The 

 wire is unfortunately | inch mesh. 



For Future Guidance : If I am aviary building again 

 — as I hope I may be — I should work towards large separate com- 

 partments for each breeding pair, at least for the larger species ; 

 for my small experience is that real success is only possible on 

 these lines. In fact " divide et i»i2)era " should be the motto of 

 the aviculturist, for any attempt to play the part of the " deus et 

 macliina,'" once for the season you have established your aviary 

 conditions, is always tempting but everlastingly fatal. 



Foreign Birds. 



By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., Etc. 



EUPHONIIN^.. (Continued from page 142;. 



Hypophoea: This genus, consisting of but one .species 

 differs from Eupho?iia in its longer tail, heavy 

 bill, without any trace of dentations in the 

 upper mandible. This divergence from 

 Euphonia is most pronounced in the lower 

 mandible as will be seen in the accompanying 

 rough sketch I made from a skin at the 

 Museum, some time ago. It ranges over South Eastern Brazil. 

 Gkken- THROATED Tanagee (Fli/popijcea chalyhea). I 

 am not aware of living specimens of this species having been 

 imported to this country. While a handsome bird, it is not 

 of such graceful form as most of the TANAGRIDJ5, having an 

 almost Grosbeak -like appearance, nevertheless, quite apart from 

 its rarity, it would form a welcome addition to the ^vicultural 

 list. The same food and treatment given to Euphonias would 

 doubtless meet the requirements of the Green -throated Tanager. 

 It would probably be better in the garden aviary than in 

 a cage; in the latter its robust build would be very apparent, 



