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The Endurance o/ Birds. 



Tana^^'LT, aSuperb. 



,, Dl'ricolour. 



Tluusli. *Euiopean. 



,, Migratory. 



Rock. 



,, Spectacled. 



,, Streaked Laughing. 



,, Variegated Laughing. 



Tit.. Blue. 

 ,, Cole. 

 ,, Great. 

 ,, nOrcen-backed. 

 Marsh. 

 Toucan. jGreen-billed. 



,, J-Sulphur-breasted. 

 ToucanetteJ. 

 Troupial. D Flame-shouldered. 



,, nMilitary. 



Tit Blue. 

 Twite. 



Tyrant. jSulphury. 

 Wagtail. Pied. 

 Wa.Kbill. n Blue-breasted. 



,, *Gold-breasted. 



,, Grey. 



,, *Orange-cheeked. 



,, *St. Helena. 



,, nSydney. 

 Waxwing. 

 Weaver. Abyssinian. 



,, Baya. 



Weaver, Black-faced. i 



,, ,, -fronted. 



,, ,; -headed. 



,, Comoro. 



,, Crimson-crowned. 



■ ,, Golden. 



,, Grenadier. 



,, Half-masked. 



,, Madagascar. 



,, Masked. 



,, *Napoleon. 



,, Orange. 



*Red-billed. 



,, , ; -headed. 



,, Rufous-necked. 



,, Russ' 



,, Short-winged. 



,, Speke's. 



, , Taha . 



,, Yellow. 



,, Yellowish. 

 White-eye. ^African. 

 n*Indian. 



Whydah. D Crimson-ringed. 

 nGiant. 



,, nJackson's. 



,, D Paradise. 



,, DPin-tailed. 



,, nRed-collared. 



., nVel low-backed. 



,, n White-winged. 



I have made no attempt to give a complete list of species which I 

 have kept, as some were kept under conditions which preclude them from 

 a place in this list. 



{To be continued). 



Editorial. 



Sexing (Occipital Blue-Pies : Mr. B. T. Stewart in- 

 forms us that the difference in the sexes does not consist 

 in the orange sliadc of the female's beal-:. This distinction 

 only holds good in the breeding season, at all other periods 

 her beak is blood-red — most intense in hue. Her beak is 

 dififerent in shape from that of the male, broader at the base 

 and more pointed at tip. 



Lavender Finch {Lagonosticta caerulcsceiis). This 

 ■species is not remarkable for long life in confinement, but 

 this is not always the case, neither does it always prove so 

 fragile as it is often with good cause reputed to be. We 

 saw in a well sheltered, but unlieated Surrey aviary m 1914, 



