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Foreign Birds. 
The necessary diet has already been given (vide pp. 137 8) and 
the additional requirements of new arrivals will be found on p. 163. 
With these preliminary remarks it will only be necessary to 
describe the various species, and quote such notes of their wild and 
aviary life as may be accessible 
SECTION I. — The Yellow-fronted Euphonia {E. musicn). 
Description (mdle) : Upper surface rich purplish-black ; fore- 
head bright yellow, with a narrow border of black, wliich separates it 
from tlie cap of rich blue ; rump, upper tail-coverts and under surface 
of Iwdy rich orange-yellow ; throat lustrous black ; inner margins of 
wing-feathers white ; bill, legs and feet black. Total length 4f inches, 
tail 1^ inches. 
The female is olive-green, with the under surface of body 
lighter and washed with yellowish ; cap blue ; forehead-yellowish. 
This species has not yet been imported to this country alive, 
but it has been exhibited at the Amsterdam Zoo. 
Yellow-bellied Euphonia (£7 insignis). This species is a native 
of Ecuador, and is very similar to E. musica ; however it is easily dis- 
tinguished therefi-om by its slightly large size, narrower frontal band, 
which is also tinged with chestnut, and the almost entire absence 
of the purplish gloss on the plumage of the upper surface — in very 
strong and bright lights, at a certain angle, a faint purplish tinge is 
discernable — and the black upper tail-coverts. It is very rare and I 
have never seen, even the skin of the female, which I believe has not 
been described — however there is little doubt but that it would closely 
resemble the female of E. musiea viz., the prevailing hue olive-green, 
the under surface lighter and marked with yellowish. 
Sclater's Euphonia [E. sdateri). A native of Porto Rico, very 
similar to the two preceding species, but may be readily distinguished 
thereirom by the absence of the black-threat. It is rare and at present 
I believe is only known from skins, and even these are not numerous 
— it is quite possible however, some of these rarer species may have 
leaked tlirough and been confounded with well-known species, for with 
many of them, unless compared with authoritative skins, identification 
is a rather difficult problem. 
Adult Male : Upper surface black, strongly suffused with pur- 
plish ; rap bright blue ; forehead, rump and under surface of body 
orange-vellow ; the forehead is separated from the cap by a narrow 
black band ; bill, legs, and feet black. Total length 4 2 inches, 
tail If. 
Female : Upper surface olive-green ; rump lighter olive green ; 
