as before rijefftf&nfa, have'reached England in perfect health. As ca^e-birds'they gfe ^ inte re sting as can
possibly imagined* ffOT^indepeddenfly of theif~highly" ornamlntaPappcarance, they differ from all the
other members of l bWt'VS»1' that fcgin gcqiiaihted with; in. having a most animated lUibljJScK-mi, so n g jjf
sides which, they are constuitly billing, cooiinr and hiding <^ J i'o tlu i, ap d ^m n y ig -iv ir^ p y v jh lf,>»rnty
of gracefiil position. Their iqward yarbling.,sqng, ^hi.chj=^iot be described, is unceasingly Rpjmed. forth
iffiogl morn to mght, old is even continued throughA.theijgdtyf.tltey.are placedgn a roouyvitn lights^and
where an animated conversation is q^ried..oQ- ■ .
In a state ofsnature;they feed exdujpvdj^upon, grass-seeds, 7 ^ c/'lP?'sSre found
crammed: in confinement, they thrive .equally well .upon canary-seed.
• v® » sexes are precisely alik^tflilfeaaldtllliMftod marking of tljeilfiptl^ag^n f^g4^Ath@tSI^M^ery. in
, ab&ii eight months, or a t the second moult frpm the time of leavingsttKe Weding^lheesCj f t
Hit miing ire distinguished from the adults by the crown of tin In id.swlnfh ij,Vv>'Ho»-nn“xlii idult,
being crossed by%nmgioug fine bars of brpwnrdrpthe absence of the dm p blue spots on the tjnoat, anil by
the irides being'hrqs’ni.shgrey.
The adults have the forehead and. crown straw yellow 5 the reinaiuijpr i ^ tju 1« ad, ear-coyerts,- nape,
uppn part ottlu luck, s<apulai 11 - and wuur-qouit' p jh ^ ry ym jiitllq u , ( sell l i ithirhaving
shaped mark o jg g fistti brown near the extremity, these marks bung numerous and inmjitoaiji'jj^i Ipild
and neck ; wings brown the^oaiter «fibs of the feathers deepnfcin 111 ugfui d with irrn in-li u How . I jpe
and throat/yeBp3j,;prnamented on ^ ^ 1? cheek with a patch,i.p £ ^ ^ .,blue, below whhjji. .ire jlir ije i'ir i- ii^
drops,® s^ts'^^ ishnbl^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ppi'uppe r.tail-cove rts, andSffilo qndcr surtait bright irrt 11 1 , 1 e.giri,
tail-feathers blue';~the remaining tail-feathers "green, crossi d in hi, nipldlL by aq oblique h ind of vdlgp 1 1
angles straw whjtWnostrils brigbfcldniejn some, greenish; blue, .and'bni^ ^ f f pth eg sV le ^ p ^ e j ^ ^ M ^ fe
cbjppr.. (
The figures*represent' an ohiand a young'bird of the natural siijq/'