Birds Seen During a Trip to the West Indies. 387 
At the Queen's Park Hotel, at Port of Sixain, a pair of 
Taiiagers of a dull green colour and blackish wings werQ 
feeding on the finiit of a palm of some sort; the hen had the 
misfortune to fly against the branch of a tree and kill herself 
the day before I left. The loathsome looking Turkey -Buz- 
zard {C . atra'us) is here, as elsewhere in the West Indies, 
protected as a scavenger, but the species seen in Trinidad 
is the dark-headed one, and not the red-headed as seen in 
Jamaica. 
Humming Birds are numerou.s, wherever any honey - 
hearing flowers are in bloom, and buzz about as if in a state 
of perpetual motion. 
It is quite evident that anyone visiting this part of the 
world must not expect to see quantities of birds wherever 
he goes; the jungle is their home and there most of them 
remain. No doubt if anyone lUves to rise early, and perhaps 
travel far to some secluded sj^ot he will be amply rewarded: 
the birds are there, but the tiling is to see them, and, to 
do this, it is necessary to be awake as early as they are, and to 
be iu their haunts soon after daybreak. 
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Parrot Finches (Erythrura). 
By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., Etc. 
{Continued from page 357). 
The Three-coloured Parrot-pinch {E. trichroa). 
This species has always been quite rare on the Eng'lisli' 
Bird -market, and, I think, Mrs. Johnstone was the first to 
possess it. Her specimens were collected and broug"lit ovei- 
personally by our member, Mr. AA'alter Goodfellow, with other 
rare birds, from New Guinea. 
Various Impressions of the Species: — 
1. Rather timid and placid birds, have a very rapid flight, 
which is not very often indulged in. Quite inofTensive 
with other birds. The hen differs from the male in her 
slightly duller colouration. 
2. Lethargic, wild when aviary was entered, and apt to 
bccLime very cdi. Amiable in demeanour. Capable of 
