The Month's Arrivals. 
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onr coniinoii Tlirnsli but sliiiinier. It is greyish-brown 011 the back, grey 
on the throat and bright rufous ou tlie chest and abdomen. Habitat, 
lirazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Tliis is generally considered rare; never- 
theless it has been several times imported by Mr. De Voii. I have only 
once seen a female, which is niucii duller ou the abdomen. Hudson 
describes the species as pugnacious, and the song as like that of our English 
Thrush, but the male that I had in 1905 did not answer to tliis description 
in either respect. I kept it with a male Grey-breasted Thrush [T. 
phaeopygus), which at the time I thought might be a female T. rufiven- 
iris, and, instead of fighting, they jointly built a niud-lined nest. It is a 
shy bird, constantly hiding in the thickest cover, but if a pair could be 
obtained, would be well worth trying. 
The Oven-bird {Purnarius rnfns). Tliese were three in number, and 
some of them had suffered considerably from the attacks of others : they 
appear to be exceedingh' pugnacious. This species is rather smaller tlian a 
TInush, greyish on the back, reddish on the breast, with long pointed 
beaks. The species gets its popular name from the singular domed nests of 
clay, or ovens, which it constructs in trees. 
Yellow-shouldered Meadow-starling [Agelasticus thilius): This is a 
very neat and active little Starling, smaller than a Cowbird, blue-black 
with a bar of brightest chrome across the wing. Both those imported were 
males, females being brown in colour, streaked with black. It is found in 
large flocks in Cliili, Peru and .Argentina, and nests in marshes. 
Saltaloy auratitiirosti is. Tliese two rare Tanagers were the first I 
had seen since the pair imported by Mr. Cross, in 1906, wliich came into my 
possession. Though classed with the Tanagers, this tliick-set bird with its 
powerful Ijeak appears to be a link between the Tanagers and Grosbeaks, as 
may be inferred from the fact that it can be, kept on liemp-seed. The 
back is olive-brown, sides of face black, stripe over the eye buff, chin and 
upper throat buff with a deep black margin. The beaks of these two speci- 
mens, and also of mine, were dark horn-colour. Here is a point ou which I 
wish someone would enlighten my ignorance, namely, at what age does this 
species acquire tlie yellow beak, from which it derives its classical name. 
My birds were quite one j-ear old wlien they came into my possession, and 
I had them fully eighteen months — yet their beaks never changed colour. 
For this reason I could not believe they were .S'. aurantiiroslris until, 
through the kind assistance of our Editor, they were sent after death to 
the South Kensington Museum for identification. This bird has a loud 
melodious whistle, and neither in the construction of its nest or in any of 
its habits does it resemble the Tanagers. W.E.T. 
Ruddy Bunting (Emberizi rulila). .About this time last year a small 
consignment of this species (called by the dealers "Chinese Buntings") 
was sent over and sold for a few shillings. I,ately Mr. Lner has had a much 
larger consignment which have been offered at the not exorbitant figure of 
