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Bluish-Finches, a Siskin and an Argentine Saffron-Finch ; with the 

 exception of the last mentioned, I kept all together for a day or two; 

 but noticed nothing in the nature of a dispute : subsequently, however, 

 the Red-crested Finches only had Pileated Finches as companions; 

 and with these they agreed perfectly. 



The above noted quarrelsome behaviour may have been due to 

 two causes, either an individual of a species may be exceptionally bad 

 tempered; or there may be some particular species to which it has a 

 deep-seated inborn aversion; as, for instance, the American Nonpareil 

 has to the Indigo Finch. Probably, in the case of Mr. Fillmer's bird, 

 the ill-temper was in part due to a disordered liver, since it refused 

 its natural seed diet. 



The male is illustrated from living specimens formerly in the 

 author's possession and the details filled in from their skins after death. 



THE PILEATED FINCH, 



CoryphospingHS pi/eatus, NEUW. 



THIS lively little Bunting is a native of Brazil, to Venezuela and 

 Colombia. The male above is dark slate-grey, paler towards 

 the tail, the greater and primary coverts and the flight feathers are 

 black-brown, greyish externally; the tail feathers black; the top of the 

 head is black with a broad central band of bright satiny carmine 

 feathers, which can be erected into a crest at pleasure; lores greyish 

 white; eye brown- grey; eyelid white; ear-coverts slate-grey; cheeks 

 pale grey, white in front; throat and breast pale grey, whiter on the 

 chin ; abdomen white ; sides of body grey ; under tail- and wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white; flight feathers below dusky with whitish inner 

 edges; tail feathers below black; with greyish tips: Length 5^ inches; 

 upper mandible greyish horn- brown, lower reddish white; legs brownish 

 flesh tint; iris greyish brown. 



