The L.C.B.A. Show. 
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greater coverts and wing-let dull hluo; quills 'blue tipped with hiack ; 
ehin, throat, middle of the neck, lireast and abdomen silky white; tail 
blue, centre feathers tinned with g'Poen; l)ill bright coral-red; feelt 
vermilion; iridcs lieh brown. Total length lO'in., tail 3. 
Thk SjKTior SiSKTX (Chf>/so»i/fris tihclajia) : S[)eci- 
men of this interesting species, which was first introduced 
to English aviculture by Mr. Frost, I think, about three years 
ago, when collecting in India for E. J. Brook, Esq. A good 
pair was exhibited by Mr. J. C. W. Meadows, which secured 
recognition (5th), being in good form and really attractive 
and beautiful birds. 
Description: Male. Above, olive 'gl-een, the 'back and mantle 
streaked with black with a greenish tinge; streaks above and below 
the eye, chin, throat, and 'breast bright yellow; abdomen and under 
tail-coverts duller yellow; sides of body yellowish -green streaked 
with brown ; ear-coverts and moustachial streaks olive-green ; lesser 
and median win'g-coverts, olive-green; greater wing-coverts brown, 
tipped and margined with yellow; quills, brown, outer-webs margined 
with olive -g'reon ; beak, light horn-po'our; legs and feet flesh -colour, 
dusky ir. parts. Total length 4i!n., tail Ifin. 
Female: Somewhat similar, but with the whole of the 
plumage more or less streaked with browni and the yellow ai'eas much 
paler than the male, b'ut her heart and neck almost as bright and dis^- 
tinctly marked as his. 
This fine species, which must l>e counted among the 
more handsome chrysomitriae, is found at Sikhim at high 
elevations, on the borders of Tibet. It is a most desirable 
species for aviculturists, as are all the Siskins. 
Thk Brown-eared Bulbul (Hemixus flavala). This 
beautiful and rare species exhibited by Ma^or B. Horsbrusrh, 
is another example of beautiful and soft gradation, yet withal 
its plumage is contra<5ty and striking, as the following descrip- 
tion indicates: 
Male: Above dark a«hy-grey, with the crown dusky -grey and 
margined with lighter grey; wings and tail dusky; upper tail coverts 
and basal half of tail-feathers suffused with olive-green; the grealti 
wing-coverts and flights have the outer webs broadly margined with 
brigbt greenish -yellow; lore? and a streak from base of lower mandible 
to ear-coverts black; ear-coverts fo*'t fi'ky brown-g!rey; chin, throat, 
centre of abdomen and vent white; breast, sides of neck and flanks 
soft, pale ashy: beak black; legs and feet plumbeous; irides deep 
rufous-brown. Total length inches, tail 3i. 
Space will only permit me to state that the de- 
meanour of this specimen and another I have met at the Zoo, 
