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FAM.—FRmQlLLADM.—iThe Finches.) 

 CASHEW-BIRD.* 



Though not very nmnerous, this beautiful bird 

 is well-known, being conspicuous from his brilliant 

 colours. He is spread over the country, from the 

 mountains of the interior, to the plains of the coast. 

 Rather social, though perhaps attracted by a com- 

 mon cause, the abundance of food ; — we may some- 

 times see a dozen or more scattered over a large 

 bully-tree, horn the twigs of which they hang in 

 all positions, while they pick the berries. Its flight 

 is rapid, and performed in long undulations : during 

 flight, a low sibilant note is uttered ; but it is usually 

 a silent bird. 



About Spanish Town, it is called the Orange-bird, 

 not from its feeding on oranges, but from the 

 resemblance of its plump and glowing breast, to that 



* Length 7f inches, expanse 13, flexure 3^, tail 3|, rictus -g^, tarsus 

 1, middle toe f . Intestinal canal, wide, but only 7 inches long : no caeca. 

 Stomach, a thin, almost membranous sac. 



