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The arrangement of colours in the Pin-tail Nonpareil 

 is very similar to that in the American bird, although 

 they are scarcely as intense as in the latter; the tail 

 feathers, however, are brown with scarlet edges, but 

 the central pair are much longer than the others, 

 and terminate in a fine point, whence the name ; 

 they are dark scarlet in colour. 



The female is olive-green on the back, dull yellowish- 

 brown underneath, and wants the blue head and scarlet 

 belly. 



Size about that of our goldfinch. 



THE INDIAN DIAL-BIRD, or SHAMAH, Copsychus 

 saularis, which, notwithstanding its first English name, 

 is found in the southern parts of China and the 

 Philippine Islands, as well as in India, is every- 

 where highly esteemed as a songster and a very 

 charming cage pet. 



It is a slim-made bird, very light and graceful in 

 its movements, and although expensive, very fre- 

 quently to be seen at shows, where it generally 

 commands attention. 



In size it is somewhat less than an English thrush, 

 and requires feeding as recommended on a previous 

 page for the mocking-bird. 



It has bred repeatedly in the western aviary at the 

 11 Zoo," and would doubtless do so in private aviaries 

 if females could be more readily obtained ; these are 

 very seldom imported, however, and appear to be 

 more delicate in confinement than their mates. 



Mr. R. Phillipps, to whom I am indebted for par- 

 ticulars of the Scops Owl and the Drongo, has 

 kindly supplied the following account of the Shaman, 



