15 
Mr. Oldfield Thomas, the latest authority on the group, 
fails to recognize a distinction. 
Birds: — 
12. American redsisiYt{Setophagaruticilla)yeSiSteYn United 
States. 
13. Greater tit {Paras major), Europe. 
14. Red-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), India and 
China. 
15. Black bulbul {Pycnonotus pygseus), India and Ceylon. 
16. Magpie tanager {Cissopis leverianus), South America. 
A specimen of this rare species was purchased from a dealer 
in New York, in January, 1890, and at the same time an- 
other tanager, which I have not yet been able to identify ; 
it is, perhaps, a young female of Tanagra palmarum. 
17. Masked weaver {Hyphaniornis larvatus), Abyssinia. 
18. Black-crested cardinal {Guhernatrix cristata), Argen- 
tine Republic. 
19. White-fronted finch {Spermophila lineola), Guiana to 
Brazil. 
20. Mountain linnet (Linota flavirostris), Europe. 
21. Yellow hangnest {Cassicus persicus), South America. 
A pair of these fine troupials, rarely seen in captivity, were 
purchased in June from a dealer. 
22. Chinese mynah {Acridotheres cristatellus), China. 
23. Green jay {Xanthura Ivxuosa), eastern Mexico. 
24. Great spotted woodpecker {Picus major), Europe. 
25. Black -billed cuckoo {Coccygus erythropthalmus), east- 
ern North America. 
26. Grand eclectus [Edectus grandis), Moluccas. 
27. West African love-bird {Agapornis pullaria). West 
Africa. 
28. Many-colored parrakeet {Psephotus multicolor), Aus- 
tralia. One of the rarer and most striking of the brilliant 
parrakeets of the iiustralian region. 
29. Yellow-bellied parrakeet {Platycercus flaviventris),T3.s- 
mania. 
30. Blue-crowned conure {Conurus hsemorrhous), Brazil. 
31. Long-tailed conure {Conurus euop>s). West Indies. 
