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white primaiies and it may he lemai ked that the Asiatic Biiiitiiigs seem to liave a tendency 
to albinism in the flights. Unfoi tunately all the representatives of tliis species that have 
reached tliis conntry lately have been males. \V. K. '1". 
On 24th Febrnary, Mr. De Von received a consign ment from the Continent of nearly a 
dozen Yellow-winged Sugar-birds and about thirty Javanese Hawfinches. The Cirreba^ 
were a beautiful sight— all males in full adult plumage (except one immature male just 
•showing a few blue feathers) and all in faultless condition. One maj' conclude that .Sugar- 
birds are not delicate from the fact that when they were unpacked I noticed that, through 
merciless treatment in transit, the bottoms of the earthenware water pots had V)een com- 
pletely smashed, yet the birds were apparently none the worse! Mr. Jamrach claims to 
have recently handled no less than thirty .Sugar-birds, including several hens, so that we 
ought soon to hear o{ Ccereba cymiea nesting in outdoor aviaries. 
The Hawfinches were also a nice consignment but the females considerably outnum- 
bered tlie males. This species has been wrongly described by the trade as the "Japanese 
Hawfinch " and, inasmuch as Eophona />ersonaia is said to inhabit snow-clad ranges of 
mountains, several aviarists have made the mistake of turning them out in cold and ex- 
posed aviaries. It is, however quite a different species, and as a matter of fact I believe 
this consignment came originally from Manila. 
We may distinguish the two species which are sometimes imported as follows :— 
Japanese Hawfinch (£■. /f;TO«<7/rt) back grey, rump rufous, white belt on primaries: 
habitat Eastern Siberia and Northern China: Black-tailed Hawfincli (E. me/aninn) hac'k. 
chocolate brown, rump ashy-grey, primaries tipped with white; habitat Southern and 
Central China. 
Mr. Thorpe imported some, nearly a year since, similar to E. vir/amim. but having 
the lower rump and lower third of primaries all white — probably a sub-species. 
Mr. De Von has also lately received five rare Finches and some large Grosbeaks from 
S. .America. The females of the former species clo.sely resemble an FInglish Linnet, but are 
rather more streaky on the breast : the males have a crimson rump, face and crown. One 
bird had the crimson rump but no crimson on the head and was presumably an immature 
male. These correspond well with the type of Cnrpodaciis mexicauns but they may be a sub- 
species. 
The Grosbeaks are large handsome birds, closely related to the Kose-breasted Gros- 
beak ( Hedymeles liidovii iaina). I have not had time to look them up but I think they may 
be Pinicoln eciiadoii from Western Ecuador. W. K. T. 
A large consignment of Ked -whiskered Bnlbuls are''now on sale at three shillings a 
piece— the lowest price that I ever remember quoted for this species. There is, however, a 
dreadful slump in the foreign bird market at the present moment. W. E. T. 
Mr. Jamrach has some nice Virginian Cardinals— these are now quoted at 18/- eacli ill 
the German market— some Nutcrackers and four Albino Jackdaws. The latter are beautiful 
and interesting birds, whose origin has never been fully explained. .Some are wild birds 
taken in the Austrian Tyrol, but I have a strong suspicion that there is also a domesticated 
breed kept in aviaries. W. E. T. 
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Pau.son Finch. (Cliai?. H. Row). Iiiflaiiimatioii of the lungs and bowel.s 
was the cause of tleath. There were 110 signs of an injury. 
