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home a pair had just commenced to incubate two eggs in the 
uncovered flight of that aviary and as he fiid not think they 
could possibly I'car young out of doors in October, he took the 
nest box down and hung it up inside the heated portion of the 
aviary. They must have deserted at once because on his return 
(October .Oth) tiio eggs were perfectly fresh and are now in his 
collection. Tiie spots on these eggs are larger and of a light 
red with some purplish blotches. 
Oui- esteemed memlier Mr. R. Suggitt had a nest com- 
menced in a privet bush, but it was not carried sufficiently 
far to say what type it would have been when comjalete. 
Personally, I have found the species to subsist almost 
entirely upoji fruit, only occasionally visiting the milk sop,and they 
will not look at mealworms, but catch quite a numl)er of small 
winged insects in their indoor enclosure. In the Spring, if 
they survive the Winter, they will be put out of doors into a 
large flight, and will, I hope, breed. 
Description : male. Upper surface and cheeks purplish - 
blue -black, or perhaps a better description would be blue -black 
with a purplish sheen; forehead, front of crown, and the whole 
of the undersurface bright yellow, paler on "the sides and 
ventral region; under -side of wings black; with patches ot 
white on the inner webs of wing-feathers; tail (beneath) black, 
with white patches on the outer retrices; bill, legs, and feet 
black. Total length 3f inches, tail 1|. 
Female. Olive -green, with the under surface strongly 
washed with yellowish; the bases of inner webs of wing- 
feathers are white. 
According to the B.M. Cat. their range is Guiana, 
Trinidad, Lower Amazonia and S.E. Brazil. 
"The S.E. Brazilian form (sub-species lichtensteini) is 
" rather larger in dimensions, but similar in plumage (B.M.C.)" 
I have dealt fully with this species, though it is so 
well known, as it is obtainable in fair numbers, in the hope 
of inducing our members to make strenuous efforts to breed 
it next season. 
To he continued. 
