332 The L.C.B.A. Shoiv. 



strongly washed with ultramarine; the wings also are impregnated 

 with iridescent ultramarine, and the greater coverts and inner second- 

 aries distinctly barred with black, the primaries and secondaries 

 being a rich cobalt hue; head and creist ultramarine-'blue, fore- 

 crown bright blue; lores and sides of face black, with a largish 

 white ispiot above the eye, and a. smialler one belcwi; the cheeks 

 and ear coverts strongly washed with bluei; chin greyish -white ; 

 remainder of undersurface palish cobalt, washed with purplish on 

 the throat and chest; bill and legs l)lack. Total length 11| inches, 

 tail 5^. The female is smaller, slightly duller, the upper eye- 

 spot is smaller than that of the male, and she has no white spot 

 below the eye. 



It is a native of Mexico. Further notes held over till 

 next issue. 



Monsieur Pauvvels also exhibited a very fine speci- 

 men of Count Eaggi's Bird of Paradise, and it liad, in its 

 roomy cage, ample opportunity to display its ornamental plumes 

 and richly coloured plumage. Mr. Ezra exhibited an Ame- 

 thyst-rumped Sunbird, which for condition, brilliancy 'and 

 colour, could not be surpassed by the birds at liberty in 

 their native wilds. The cage, too, was of an excellent de- 

 sign, all wire, but over the top and round the back and ends 

 was a glass screen, ensuring the bird abundance of light 

 and freedom from draught. 



Mr. Townsend's exhibit — the Common Kingfisher — was 

 new to the show bench, and a most interesting and beautiful 

 bird, its rich brown, white and azure blue being strikingly 

 and beautifully arranged. The Hon. Mrs. Bourke's Purple 

 Sugarbird was beautifully staged, the interior of the cage 

 being garnished with sprays of yellow orchids, the bird looking 

 very beautiful and natural aniid such surroundings. 



Another interesting exhibit was a hybrid Azure Tit 

 {Par us -pleslii x cyanuas), this was a wild hybrid and about 

 equally favoured both its parents. Two Zebra Finch x Silver- 

 bill hybrids were also staged, these were described as Zebra 

 Waxbili X Silverbill, but their parentage was quite clear, 

 both parents being equally favoured, but the chestnut sides 

 and ear coverts of the Zebra Finch will be much more dis- 

 tinct after the next moult. 



The Fairy Blue Bird (Irena turcosa), also exhibited 

 by M. Pauvvels, is well named; the intensity of the hue of 

 its blue and black plumage, shone with an iridescence beyond 



