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edges to the feathers. scolopacea (4.2 inches). 
Ill all, the bill and feet are Ijhick, the former surrounded 
b\ line bristles. 
To be continued. 
Foreign Birds 
By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., etc. 
{Continued from page 285). 
Black-feoxted Euphonia (E. concinna). Not known, 
to British aviculture. 
Adult male. Upper surface, deep bluish -black, with a 
purplish sheen on the back of the neck; circular cap or patch 
on top of head, bright yellow; forehead and lores, black; under 
surface, rich yellow; throat and upper breast, very dark bluish- 
black; underside of tail black; under wing-coverts white; bill 
bluish -black, lower mandible much lighter than upper; legs 
and feet, slaty. Total length 8^ inches, tail If. 
Female. Upper surface, olive -green, brighter on the 
rump; wing and tail feathers, brownish-olive, broadly margined 
with olive-green; under surface yellowish-olive; much lighter 
on the throat and centre of abdomen. 
It ranges over Columbia, and the specimens from the 
various districts appear to be pretty constant. With the excep- 
tion of one specimen all have the underside of tail black, and 
in this odd specimen there appeared slight indications of white. 
To save repetition, I may state here that all this genus are 
beautiful, but some have the plumage more lustrous than others, 
these I have indicated by the use of the word " glossy " in the 
various descriptions, perfiaps the plainest is E. vittnta. but 
this is a beautiful example of subdued-rich-hues. 
Finsch's Euphonia (E. finschi). A specially beautiful 
British Guianan species, with deep rich hues, and refulgent 
plumage. 
Adult male. Upper surface, glossy purple -black; fore- 
head and front of crown, yellowish orange; under-surface of 
body fiery orange; under wing-coverts, and inner webs of wing 
feathers white; underside of tail blackish -brown; bill, legs, 
and feet blackish. Total length 3^ inches, tail 1^. 
