of tall, graceful bamboos looked alive with these birds, and resounded with their strange 

 notes. Some pairs would start away and pursue one another, at first, with a smooth, 

 skimming flight ; tben in an excited manner they would stagger along and, fluttering 

 their wings, sing lustily their notes of love." 



The description is copied from the British Museum ' Catalogue of Birds,' and is 

 drawn up from the typical specimen in the Leyden Museum. The Plate represents a 

 very strongly marked individual from Karen-nee in the Tweeddale collection. The 

 majority of the specimens examined are whiter underneath, and have not such a pro- 

 nounced black patch on the ear-coverts. 



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