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and wings cinnamon-grey ; the tail cinnamon-brown ; and 

 the nnderparts buff, barred with cinnamon-grey. Novita, 

 Columbia (W. Hyde coll.). 



Aulacorhamphus albivitta. A male example with pure 

 golden-yellow plumage, only the throat being white. "Eyes 

 blue." La Cutata, Venezuela, 3000 metres, 14. x. 04 

 (S. Briceno). 



Halcyon vagans. A specimen with pure white plumage. 

 Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, 1893. 



Amazona estiva. A female with pale mealy yellowish- 

 green plumage : received August 1905 ; died April 1906. 

 A male with the crown pale yellow, the hind-neck and back 

 strongly mixed with deep yellow and crimson feathers, the 

 throat, cheeks, and upper breast deep yellow mixed with 

 crimson feathers: received October 1902; died 1907. A 

 female with the upperside largely mixed with yellow feathers, 

 and the underside less so. 



Paueornis torquatus. A male with pure golden-yellow 

 plumage, and the ring round the neck, as well as the eyes, 

 pink. Received alive from India. 



Platycercus elegans. A male with the crimson in the 

 plumage replaced by cherry-red, the blue of the throat, 

 wings, and tail-feathers replaced by creamy-white, and the 

 black of the back by sulphur-yellow. Purchased alive with 

 another exactly similar specimen. 



Speotyto cunicularia grallaria. A female in pure 

 white plumage ; " iris bright yellow, bill and feet lemon- 

 yellow/'' La Soledad, Argentina, 12. xii.01 (B. Briiton). 



Ninox noVtE-zealandi^:. A specimen with the upperparts 

 white, a few scattered brown feathers on the back, and a 

 few of the rectrices and primary-quills brown ; underparts 

 white, irregularly washed with yellowish-buff and with a 

 few scattered normally coloured feathers. Wellington, 

 New Zealand (H. Travers). 



