The Mo7itKs Arrivals. 
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It is impossible to paint, in a few brief words, a picture of t}iis ex- 
quisite species, neither can a full description be given in this column ; it 
must suffice to say that they have passed into the possession of our esteemed 
members jMr. and Mrs. Miller. Mr. Miller kindly sends me the following 
brief notes : — 
" They are really not in good enough plumage to state what their 
"true colours and markings are, and will not be so until they have moulted. 
" In size and build they are about to 5 inches long, slight, and well 
" set up. 
"The beak is short, with a wide base, having a few black hairs grow- 
"ing round it, and reminds one of a Barbet in this respect, as does also the 
" form of the head. 
"The colour of the male is of a greeuisli blue, much the same shade 
" as the Blue Sugar-bird (Dacnis cayana), with a dark eye patch and dark 
" markings on the wings. 
" The female is a paler shade, the breast feathers having a shimmer of 
"silver; the wing markings are similar to those of the male; but she has 
" no, or a very slight, dark eye patch. It is difficult to describe the colours 
" as they vary so according to the angle of light from which they are 
" viewed. 
" They are very tame and were so from the first, taking food from the 
"hand, the hen will allow my wife to pick her up. 
" We have been feeding them so far on Galloway's mixture ' Life,' 
"adding some live ants' eggs thereto, also a few small mealworms. As the 
" male bird is inclined to bully his mate we have caged them separately." 
Flycatchers are never numerous on the market and are an acquisitiou 
of which any aviculturist may well be proud. W. T. P. 
A Private Consignment. To the great disappointment of our 
esteeuied members, Messrs. SutcliCfe and Snggitt, their expenditure of time 
aud money has not resulted in the arrival of anything actually new, neither 
have any Tanagers been landed. After the weeks of expectation this is 
disappointing indeed, but I expect it is largely due to the fact that ship's 
duties and bird collecting do not amalgamate, the former nuLSt be attended 
to, and consequently the series of birds got together is often disappointing, 
nevertheless some interesting birds are to hand. The list is as follows : — 
14 Indigo Buntings [Cyanospisa cyanea) with one exception, all are 
in immature plumage. 
2 Nonpareil Buntings [Cyanospiza ciris) S and ? . 
2 Catbirds (Galeoscoptes cai olineiisis) <? and ? . 
I *Yellow Hangnest ;frt«i'/!(7;'««) immature. 
4 Parva Finches {Sperviophila parva) i S and 3 ?. 
I Olive-backed Thrush (species }) ? 
'Vide plate and ariicle. Bird Aotes, Vol. VII., p. 53. 
