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Ccereba ccerulea, Purple Sugar-bird, 1 year, 2 $.


Liothrix luteus, Red-billed Liothrix, 5 years, 5 £, 4 ? •


Mesia argentauris, Silver-eared Mesia, 2 years, 1^,1 ? .


Otocompsa emeria or jocosa, Red-eared Bulbul, 3 years, 2 $ , 1 $ .

Gubernatrix cristata, 3 years, 1 £, 1 $ ; 4 eggs, 2 young.


Cardinalis virginianus, Virginian Cardinal, 4 years, 3^,2 ? .

Paroaria cucullata, Red-crested Cardinal, 4 years, 2^,1 $ .


— larvata, Red-headed Cardinal, 4 years, 1 $, 1 ? .


Guiraca ccerulea, Northern Blue Grosbeak, 2 years, 2 .


Hedymeles ludovicianus, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2 years, 1 ^, 1 $ .


melanocephalus, Black-headed Grosbeak, 2 years, 1^,1?.

Eophona per sonata, Japanese Hawfinch, 1 year, 2

Gyanospiza ciris, Nonpareil Bunting, 2 years, 6 ^, 3 $ .


— versicolor, Varied Nonpareil, 2 years, 1 $.


— leclancheri, Rainbow Bunting, 2 years, 4^,1 $ .


— cyanea, Indigo Bunting, 2 years, 7 $, 2 $ .


Munia oryzivora, Java Sparrow, 6 years, 3^,3 $ .


— — var. alba, White variety, 6 years, 5 ^, 6 ? ; 4


young.


— malacca, Three-coloured Mannikin, 4 years, 2 , 2 $ .


— maja, White-headed Mannikin, 4 years, 2^,2 $ .


— ferruginosa, Javan Maja-finch, 4 years, 2 <d\ 2 $ .


— punctulata, Common Spice-finch, 4 years, 2 , 2 $ .


Uroloncha striata, Striated Finch, 2 years, 2^,2 $ .


Aidemosyne cantans, African Silver-bill, 4 years, 3 cl, 3 7 .


Donacola castaneithorax, Chestnut-breasted Finch, 4 years, 1 cf,l £ •

Spermestes nana, Bib Finch, 4 years, 3 d, 3 $ .


— cucullata. Bronze Mannikin, 4 years, 4 c?, 4 $ ,


— gambicnsis, Mannikin, 4 years, 1 .*


Staganopleura guttata, Diamond Sparrow, 3 years, 1^,1 $ ; 4 eggs.

Poepliila cincta, Parson Finch, 4 years, 1 $, 2 $ : 3 eggs.


— acuticauda, Long-tailed Grassfinch, 2 years, 1 $, 1 $ .


— personata, Masked Grassfinch, 2 years, 1^,1 ? .

Stictoptera bichenovii, Bicheno’s Finch, 1 year, 1 ^, 1 $ .


(To be continued.)



* No Spermestes gambiensis is included in Shelley’s ‘Birds of Africa.’—A. G. B.


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