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Birds In and About the Station. 
foot, incovered by a thick bush, made of grass lined with 
roots and rather shallow, certainly the more exposed nests 
have been deeper. The eggs are a beautiful greeny blue 
without spots. Oates gives the breeding saason as being April 
to September. He also states that the nest is deep and placed 
in thick bushes near the ground. Our birds are, I should 
say, a step ahead in the race for survival. Jjcngth of bird 
8 inches, tail 3.6. 
I fnid I have passed over a very attractive bird, the 
WniTK-THKOATED Lauuhing -TiiRuSH, (Gamitax alhigularis) . 
I have only seen it a few times at Kajiar among low bushes 
but was much taken with its neat appearance. It is another 
evening dress bird with a fine expanse of white shirt, coat 
and (a small waistcoat olive brown, trousers ferruginous. 
Length 12 inches, tail 5.7. 
BABBLEES, — I will only mention as the two common 
ones (The Common and the Yellow -eyed) are found below 
the Station, and I am far better acquainted with birds above 
the Station. There is a little Wren -Babbler which passes 
through on migration (vertical at any rate), but I regret 
that I do not even know its name. The one I caught refused 
to be meated off. There are one or two others not far below 
the Station, about which I only know one thing and that 
useless, that their young just leaving the nest are the epitome 
of prosperity, they look so fat and fit. I must say T prefer 
Laughing-Thrushes to Babblers, they are usually far nicer 
to look at and have just as much character, in which latter 
quality lies the charm of these birds to the aviculturist. 
To be continued. 
Foreign Birds 
By Wesley T. Page, P.Z.S., etc. 
ICont'inued from page 226). 
Chapter Il.^Suli-family EUPHONII^.— Section II. 
Cap and abdomen yellow or red; throat l)lack. 
Diet and treatment has been already given, it is the 
.same in every respect as in section I. 
Brevity is a necessity in the description of these species, 
