THE GREEN AMADUVADE. 10.} 



" Hartlaub saw it alive in London, even at the beginning of 

 1860; Carl Hagenbeck is of opinion that it had not been imported 

 into Germany earlier. A little crowd of them lived peaceably together 

 in my bird-room : usually sat deep in a bush in a half dark corner, 

 or hopped about in company upon the earth seeking for food. Even 

 in the breeding season they were not especially agitated. The court- 

 ing like that of the Tiger- Finch; the male also seeks, with similarly 

 resounding chirping cry, to drive away every other bird from the 

 vicinity of the brood. One of Dr. A. Frenzel's males proved an 

 industrious singer, excitedly trilled a bar, which it regularly termin- 

 ated with some low-pitched, barely audible sounds. Nest inartistic, of 

 bast-strips and other soft materials, like a tower, three hands high 

 and standing obliquely, with the entrance leading downwards from 

 above ; sometimes spherical, or elongated-spherical, with side exit. Its 

 nesting with me has not had very satisfactory results. A brood 

 succeeded so far with Mr. Bargheer in Basle, that a young one lived 

 until six days old. Soon after that the hen died. Miss Olga Ponfick 

 secured the first entirely satisfactory hatch. In the early part of the 

 year 1884, two youngsters were fledged, and completely brought up 

 by her in a flight-cage. The pair subsequently had several other 

 broods, and from one of the nestlings kindly forwarded to me, I give 

 the first description of the young plumage : Upperside dark olive- 

 greenish-brown ; the croup lively brownish-olive-green ; tail black ; 

 under wing-coverts Isabella- white; flights ash-grey below; sides of head 

 and throat bright brownish -isabelline- grey. Breast slightly darker; 

 rest of under surface grey-yellowish-isabelline ; on the flanks at both 

 sides two feathers delicately banded clear and dark ; beak shiny black ; 

 eyes black ; feet whitish-horn-grey. Size that of the adult bird." 



No additional information is given in Dr. Russ' larger work. 



The illustrations are from the author's living specimens and skins. 



