. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . bly died; the eggs were greenish white,mottled, streaked and speckled, particularly at thelarger end with olivaceous-brownish (not purebrownish) ; they were perfect ovals, they werenot unlike the egg of Saxicola monlicola as figured inthe British Museum Catalogue of Eggs, Vol. IV.,PI. VII., fig. 12, only paler, more heavily spotted, andthe spots more olive in tint. In an outdoor aviaiy with plenty of cover there isnot the least doubt that this species could be easilybred, provided that abundance of living insect-food couldbe obtained with which
. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . bly died; the eggs were greenish white,mottled, streaked and speckled, particularly at thelarger end with olivaceous-brownish (not purebrownish) ; they were perfect ovals, they werenot unlike the egg of Saxicola monlicola as figured inthe British Museum Catalogue of Eggs, Vol. IV.,PI. VII., fig. 12, only paler, more heavily spotted, andthe spots more olive in tint. In an outdoor aviaiy with plenty of cover there isnot the least doubt that this species could be easilybred, provided that abundance of living insect-food couldbe obtained with which the parents could feed theiryoung. Both my attempts were made in indooraviaries and therefore failed. Dr. Russ rightly states that this bird is less spitefulthan P. cucuUata, but I fail to see that there is anyappreciable difference between the songs of the twospecies. It soimds to me like Chitcherwitchchit-eucrwitcheritchi-chow-chenitcherce, and so on—veryharsh, gritty, and ear-piercing. The calls, however, aTerather more 136 FOREIGN BIRDS FOR CAGE AND AVIARY. Red-cresikd Cahdinal (Paroaria cucullala). Above dark grey, slightly deeper on the name of theneck, which is spotted with white; the tail and wingfeathers are blackish grey, the latter having pale outerwebs: head, crest, chin, and throat crimson; a broadbelt behind the cheeks and the remainder of under sur-face white; beak horn-brown, tbe lower mandible palerthan the upper; feet pale greyish-brown; irides hazel.
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