The llirds of Gamhhi. 
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into black at iiuier edges, (ienenil colour below pinky brown .streaked with 
white ; chin shows a few whitish feathers ; throat, sides neck, breast and 
sides, brown with distinct white streaks, the latter getting broader and more 
diffuse towards the abdomen, which is a more pinky brown with hardly any 
indication of streaks ; thighs, dull mauve ; under wing-coverts, pale reddish 
merging into whitish ; under surface of flights, whitish with gi'ey terminal 
portions. Bill, black ; feet, dirty yelhjw-ochre. iris, dark brown. Length, 
14 inches. 
Euri/M.niuixufer. BROAD-BILLED ROLLER. 
Raiiiie. Tropical Africa. ( ILL.) 
A smaller bird than the typical Rollers and very differently shaped, 
being built somewhat on the lines of a big-bodied Swallow with a broad tri- 
angular bill and a very wide gape. The\' are usually found in parties of 20 
or more (I have frequently seen flocks of upwards of a hundred) in places 
where there are large trees, the upper branches of which are their favourite 
perches, and round the tops of which they love to float and wheel in the air, 
like large Swallows, as soon as the cool of the sunset hour approaches, often 
filling the upper air with their shrill chattering and continuing their flight 
far into the night, especially if there is a moon, to retire eventually to roost 
together in the upper branches of some large tree. In the mornings, too, 
till the sun gets hot, one often sees Hocks of them on the wing, but during 
the heat of the da^- they are (juiescent. Like the Senegal Rollers their skins 
have a certain value to the native hunters, as they fetch about 50 centimes 
apiece at the French ports. The general colour above is cinnamon brown : 
rump and upper tail-coverts, dull blue ; wings, blue ; lateral tail feathers, 
bright blue shading into dark blue at ends, middle feathers, dull blue washed 
with black. Eye-brow slightly tinged with mauve. Below from face to 
belly, a lovely puri)le or reddish mauve ; lower abdomen, inner webs of 
under surface of wings and under tail-coverts, pale Ijlue. Bill, yellow ; legs, 
greenish brown. Iris, hazel. Length 10 inches. 
[ To be continued.^. 
BRITISH BIRDS. 
The Dartford Warbler. 
{Melizophilus d<irtJordiensis). Continued from page 89. 
By .1 . Fi«)s TICK. 
CHAPTER II. —IN CAPTIVITY. 
Having descri])ed the Dart''ord Warbler in freedom it will 
probably be of inore interest to our members as Bird keepers to add a 
few notes on its treatment in captivitv. With my nnique experience 
with this biid I can do so with some authority. 
Wlien I bronglit my three tiny little birds home I felt filled 
with pride that I possessed something at last, that I and others had 
tried to obtain for years without success. Tliey were only three little 
