6 The L.C.B.A. Show. 
"what shallow and lined with soft dry grass. The female lays four 
"eggs, white and spotted with red. During incubation the male sits 
"concealed in the thick foliage close by, amusing itself by the hoiu- 
"with singing, its performance consisting of chattering disconnected 
"notes, uttered in so low a tone as to make one fancy that the! bird 
"is trying to recall some melody it has forgotten, or endeavouring to 
" construct a new one 'by jerking out a ^'aneiy of sounds at randomV 
"The bird never gets beyond this unsatisfactory stage, however, and 
"must be admired for its heauty alone." 
One fain would linger, but spaec forbids. It is also 
known as the White -crowned Tanager, while Azara gave it 
the euphonistic title of "Blue White-headed Beautiful." Tliis 
specimen was in faultless condition, and exhibited by Miso 
M. Bousfield. 
Yucatan Jay {Cissolopha yucatanica). Major Hors- 
brugh recently privateiy imported some Yucatan birds, and 
among them five of this species, two of which have passed 
into the possession of Mr. H. D. Astley. Major Horsbrugh 
kindly invited me to Tandridge Manor to see the birds and 
his water-fowl. Owing to a niiounaerstanding and not having 
time to look the species up, an error crept into my note on 
page 380 of December issue, and this paragraph is intended 
to supersede that note. It is a rare and beautiful species, 
new to the show -bench; not only the one exhibited but the 
others were uncannily tame, having been hand-reared, and 
when appi'oached, opened their beaks and called lustily for 
food — they knew no fear and had no objection to being handled 
—they were not yet in full mature pxumage though fast ap- 
proacning same, the blue areas will be much more intense 
a little later. Adult plumage: Bill, whole of the head and 
underparts glossy black; back, wings, rump, tail-coverts and 
tail, rich shming blue; eyelids, legs and feet orange-yellow. 
A handsome but mischievous pet. 
Levaillant s Pakbot {Poeoceplialus rohustus). This 
was the only species of psittaci new to the bench and was 
very hardly treated. It is impossible for me to fully describe 
it in a short paragraph and space will not permit more, there- 
fore I will merely quote from a recent letter of Mr. "Raynor's 
concerning it, as follows : — 
" P. robmtuj closely resenibles P. funcicoUis (Brown -headed I'arrot), 
"hut is larger. It has a feai^some heak, and at present is uncomfort- 
" ably shy. Altliough it has moulted with me, its larger body feathers 
"ai-e rather ragged. The Zoo does not just now possess a represcnta- 
