200 BLUE-BANDED NANODES. 



tree, and lays its eggs, to the number of seven or 

 eight, upon the decayed particles of wood at the 

 bottom of the hole, without the addition of any other 

 materials. The eggs are white and immaculate. 

 The bill is grey, the under mandible paler than the 

 upper. The frontal band, which crosses from eye 

 to eye, is narrow and of a deep azure-blue, the space 

 between the bill and eyes gamboge-yellow. The 

 crown of the head is green, deeply tinged with sul- 

 phur-yellow, the cheeks, throat, and the upper part 

 of the breast are of a delicate siskin-green, passing 

 gradually into a rich yellow, the head, neck, back, 

 upper tail-coverts and scapulars are of a pale olive- 

 green, with a greyish tinge, the lesser and greater 

 wing-coverts are deep glossy azure-blue. The quills 

 black, with their outer webs margined with azure- 

 blue. The two middle tail feathers are pale azure, 

 tinged with grey, the lateral with their bases azure- 

 blue, their tips gamboge-yellow, passing gradually in- 

 to primrose-yellow, the feet and claws are grey. 



Our next figure represents another species of this 

 group : it is the 



