178 Visits to Members^ Aviaries. 



To give a list of Dr. Lov^ell-Keays' birds would be 

 merely to repeat previous pages. They were a/l in perfect 

 condition, as slcel: and fit as birds could wish to be. I will 

 mention a few pii passant which particularly interested me, 

 as follows : 



Rufous-belHed Niltava (q" only). Purple Sugarbirds, Malabar Parra- 

 kcets, Euops' Conure, Lavender Finches, and many other Ploccidar. 



I was particularly interested in the many British 

 species he has gathered together for this season, viz.: 



Blue Tits (feeding young), Chaffinches (with young\ Yellow Bunt- 

 ings (incubating), Bramblefinches, Nuthatches, Tree Creepers, Garden 

 Warblers, Blackcaps, Nightingales. 



I think there were others, but here again I took no 

 notes, merely wandered round discoursing aviculture >and enjoy- 

 ing a look at my own birds again, as well as* the still 

 larger collection belonging to my host and colleague. 



Other visits must be left to other issues, . as I have 

 already occupied too much space in this issue. 



Some Colony Birds. 



By Rev. Chas. R. Da\vson, S.J. M.A. (Oxon) : 

 {Cont'niied from page 157). 



Reprinted from " TIMEHRI " (The Journal of the Royal Agricultural 

 and Commercial Society of British Guiana), May, 1915; with com- 

 pliments and thanks to the Author and Editors. — Ed. " B.N." 



The Rustic Tyrant-Bird. Another bird that is no 

 tyrant, though it bears the name is Eleinea pagana, vulgarly 

 called the Mufif Bird, which in Creole language means "a bird 

 with a crest." How the word 'muff in this colony has come 

 to mean a cresc passes myr comprehension. 



Thei name Eleinea, that is (Greek) "[belonging to the 

 olive tree," is givetn to the bird, I suppose, on account of 

 its sober colour of drab. If by some magic art an olive-tree 

 could be changed intoj a bird, this might well be that denoue- 

 ment. Its tail would represent the trunk of that tree; the 

 olive-grey feathers, the leaves ; the yellow markings, the 

 young shoots, and so on. But I must describe the bird 

 itself. 



