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A Notable Importation.



only conclude that, just as ethnologists tell us that there was a

common ancestor of all the Indo-European peoples—some race

which was located on the great Tableland northward of the

Himalayas, so there must have been a common ancestor of the

Accentors, from whom they have inherited some of the marked

characteristics which we note in widely separated species

to-day.



A NOTABLE IMPORTATION.



According to information in Cage Birds , (September 4th,

p. 129) there has recently appeared a specimen of the Umbrella

Bird of South America (Cephalopterus ornatus ), which has passed



UMBRELLA BIRD.



From Mmart's Elements of Ornithology.



into the hands of a private aviculturist, Mr. H. C. Molineaux ; un¬

fortunately this gentleman has stated that he has no intention of

showing it, a resolution which most aviculturists will regret, as it

is a most interesting bird, and has not, as far as I know, been



