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Foreign Birdie. 
Femiilc. Diii'k oiive above, .strongly washed with ycHow 
ish l)eh)w. A most dcsiraljk'. species. 
OiiAisc; K-('i!OWNi;i) Ei fiioma (K. sdlaralu)- 'IMiis i- 
aiiotlier e.\t i-eiiiely heanliful species, phiinage vei'y histrous, ami 
hues very intense. 
Adu.Jt male. Upper surface glossy purple-lilack , ilceji 
licli viohiceous on the mantle and neck; foreliead, and crowji 
ricli orange-yellow; under surface of body as crown, but of a 
deeper hue; throat rich violaceous -black; under w hig-covert.s 
and inner margins of wing feathers white; underside of tail, 
black; bill dark plumbeous; legs and feet brownish-black. 
Total length 3| inches, tail Ij. 
Female. Darkish olive-green with yellowish under- 
surface 
Habitat. According to the Museum Catalogue its range 
is Western Ecuador and Peru. 
DwAilF Elthonia (E. minuta). This minute .species 
is known to JiCnglish aviculture. Capt. Pani presented this to the 
Zoo in l!)U(), when it was new to the collection, and in the 
same yeai' our esteemed member, Mr. E. W. Harper, who was 
then resident in Georgetown, Demerara, sent me over skins; 
i'roni these and living specimens the descriptions given below ai'c 
taken. During the current year other living specimens have 
been privately imported by our esteemed member.s, Messrs. A. 
Sutclifle, and R. Suggitt, a pair of which have come into my 
possession. Unfortunately, the hen arrived in poor plumage, 
and though she renewed her plumage, and I had great hopes of 
her becoming acclimatised, she succumbed to the moult which 
followed too closely on the hardships of importation. They are 
a most attractive little sj^ecics, with quite a nice .song, soon 
become confiding, and so minute as to be little, if any, larger 
than a Gold-crested wren; but, and unfortunately, there is a 
■ but," they are very ditticult to acclimatise. They have an 
appetite for banana altogether out of proportion to' their size, 
a pair of these minute gems will demolish a large banana, 
several grapes, and pay visits to the milk .sop daily. So far, 
they have refused live insects (mealworms), but I have noticed 
them capture minute Hies and take blight from the plants in 
their flight. 
Adult male. The general coloui'atiun is glistening green- 
