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tain resemblance in shape, but it has a tail 

 longer in relative proportion than that of our 

 Common Magpie. Eoughly speaking, the upper 

 parts of the plumage, head, and throat are glossy 

 black, the breast of a tawny orange colour, and 

 the long tail black and white. No more charm- 

 ing cage-bird than this can be found ; but, alas ! 

 it is not very long-lived and very susceptible of 

 cold and damp. 



'Another cage-bird worthy of notice, from 

 its rarity, beauty, and pleasant song, is the 

 so-called " Teydean " Chaffinch. The natural 

 habitat of this species is strictly limited to a 

 high zone of the Peak of Tenerife. It has 

 never been met with elsewhere. I may briefly 

 describe this bird as considerably larger than our 

 Common Chaffinch and of a general fine grey 

 colour. 



1 1 have recently lost another bird of great 

 interest from its rarity and the locality from 

 which it was forwarded to me. I allude to the 

 Chestnut-winged Grackle {Amydrus Tristrami). 

 This bird, the only one of its species that has 

 ever been seen alive in this country, is of a 

 family allied to the Starlings and Crows, and 



