CHAPTER XLVIII. 



ineolafed 



I HIS little bird (it is not much bigger than a Budger- 

 igar) is rather curious than pretty. The general 

 colour is malachite-green, plentifully laced with black, 

 so that the head and back seem to be wholly of that 

 colour. 



It is a native of South America and very seldom 

 imported. For the specimen that I have possessed, I 

 am indebted to the kindness of an occasional corre- 

 spondent who had bought it at Bournemouth along 

 with its companion, of which last I subsequently made 

 a /. m., but do not now remember the cause of death. 

 When acknowledging the receipt of my report of the 

 case, the lady was good enough to make me an offer 

 of the survivor, the male evidently, for it was much 

 darker than the female I had dissected. I accepted, 

 gratefully, and in due course the bird arrived, none the 

 worse for its long journey from the North of Ireland, 

 and, as I had been advised to "keep it warm," I 



