Foreign Birds. 
33;") 
isli -black, witli a |)ui'|)lisli sIuhmi on the neck and nianllc; 
loix'lii'ad l)fii;hl yellow; throat purplish - l)la.ck; under ^urfaee 
yellow, nier^hig into white on the lower abdomen and under 
tail-eovorts; bill dark leaden-grey; leu's and I'i'et lilaeki>h. 
Total length inches, tail 1|. 
Female. Olive-green, washed with yellowi.sh on the 
undei' surl'aee; and the centre of abdomen ashy-white. 
HaJ)Uaf. ■' (luiana, Lower Amazonia, Columbia, Pana- 
ma, and Central America, ii]) to (lualemala " (B.M.C.). 
Rkii C.vi'i'ioi) Eri'HoxiA (I'J. miiKr). Not known to 
British aviculture. A beautiful and distinct s])ecies, readily 
distinguished from others of the genus by its ruddy -chestnut 
head and white ventral region. According to the .Museum 
Catalogue it is found in Costa Rica and Vei'agua. 
Adult male. I pper sui'face, rich \ iolaceous-black ; fore- 
head and crown, ruddy -chestnut; under surface: throat deej) 
black; l)reast and abdomen bright yellow; ventral region 
white: underside of wings and tail black; bill dark leaden - 
grey; legs and feet blackish. Total length 4v, inches, tail U. 
Female. Upper surface olive-green; neck paimbeous; 
forehead tinged with rufous; under surface yellowish; with 
the throat, breast, centre of abdomen, and veiiti-al reyion 
ashy. 
FlTLVOUS-VENTED Etu'honia (E. j iilvi c r issd ) ■ ^^'cl 
known to Biitish aviculture. 
Adult male. Upper surface, glossy bluish-black; front 
jiari of head, extending to the eyes, yellow; under surf;ice of 
body bright yellow; throat, and upper lireast rleej) bluish - 
black: ventral region fulvous; thighs l)lack; inner margins 
of wing feathers at the liase white; underside of tail black; 
with a white jiatch on innei" web of outer feathers; 1)111 black; 
legs and feet blackish -l)r()wn . Total length ?>l inches. f;ul 1}. 
Fnudlc. Upper surface bronzy-olive-green; under sur- 
face greenish-yellow, with the ventral region tinged \y\\h 
fulvous. 
According to the I)ritish Museum Catalo.ii'ue its i-ange 
is Noi'thern (lobinibia airl the Isthmus of ranania. 
Godman's Eii'HoM.v (K. (jodiiiavi) This species is 
slightly known to British a\icultui'e. But the only occasion I 
know of its having readied Croat B)ritain alive is that I'eMordcl 
