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The Green Fniifsiiclcers. 
and Midnapore, extending into Assam, Arrakan and Burmah. 
It is valued as a cage bird in its native land. 
In captivity it has nested on several occasions, and in 
Dr. Amsler's Eton aviaries has reared young to De practically 
fully tledged, but not to fond for themselves, and this pair of 
birds are again nesting at the time of writing these notes. 
Desceiption: Male, deep grass green above," over- 
laid with a sort of shot bronzy-gold; forehead and front of 
crown rich shining golden -orange; chin and foreneck black, 
surrounded with a narrow band of gold, which at once com- 
mences to merge into the green body plumage; moustachial 
streaks and centre of throat up to base of lower mandible 
smalt (hyacinth) blue; bend of the wing shining turquoise 
blue (this area appears to increase with age); below it is 
a paler grass green than the upper surface, imderside of tail 
and wings dusky; bill du-;ky horn -colour, legs and feet 
plumbeous. Total length about 8 inches, tail 21. 
As what I have written al)Ove is very largely ap- 
plicable to the whole genus, little more than descriptions of 
the remaining species will be necessary. 
Thl Malabar Gkken Fkuitsucker (C. malabarioiis) : 
This species, as will be seen from reference to the plate, is 
similar to C. aurifrons but has a black throat. In size and 
all other respects it is similar to the preceding species, save 
perhaps that the golden areas are neither quite so intense nor 
so large. 
Jerdon gives its range as: Most abundant in the forests 
of Malabar, in Wynaad, Coorg, and on the sides of the Neilg- 
herries up to about 4,000 feet. It is found sparsely on the 
Eastern Ghats, and in some of the Centi'al Indian forests. Its 
natural diet is fruit and insects, mostly the latter. 
I must leave the remaining species (C. hardtviclcii and 
others) for another instalment. 
{To be continued). 
Nesting Notes. 
By Gerald E. Rattigan. 
This is more of the character of a sliort list than notes, 
but later, at the end of the season I hope to send a more 
