82 Mr. E. C. Taylor on the Birds of the West Indies. 



■^ 27. EuPHONiA viOLACEAj Sclater's Cat. no. 354. 



Common in Trinidad, where its brilliant plumage and pleasing 

 song render it a favourite cage- bird. Creole name, "Louis 

 d'Or." 



v/ 28. Calliste guttata, Sclater's Cat. no. 382. 



Decidedly the rarest of the three species of Calliste found in 

 Trinidad. Local name, " Tiger Tanager." 



^ 29. Calliste desmarestii, Sclater's Cat. no. 400. 



Very abundant in shady valleys and moist woods. Local 

 name, " Cacao-headed Tanager." 



v30. Calliste vieillotii, Sclater's Cat. no. 404. 

 Found in the same localities as the preceding species. This 

 bird is known in Trinidad by the very grotesque name of 

 " Diable enrhume." The only suggestion that I can oifer as to 

 the origin of this remarkable sobriquet is that, in the opinion of 

 the niggers, its note resembles the sound which his Satanic 

 majesty might be supposed to emit in the very improbable con- 

 tingency of his having a cold in his head. 



"^1. Tanagra cana, Sclater's Cat. no. 439. 

 Very common both in Trinidad and on the main. It espe- 

 cially affects the tree called " Bois immortel" [Erythrina coc- 

 cinea), and seems to feed on the honey contained in its brilliant 

 scarlet blossoms. Local name, " Blue Bird." 



''32. Tanagra melanoptera, Sclater's Cat. no. 444. 

 Abundant, and generally to be seen on cocoa-nut trees {Cocos 

 nucifera) . 



^ 33. BAMPHOcffiLUs MAGNiRosTRis, Sclater's Cat. no. 458. 



Very numerous all through Trinidad. Local name, " Bee 

 d' Argent.'' 



34. Phcenicothraupis rubra, Sclater's Cat. no. 482. 



I never saw this bird near the towns or in cultivated spots, 

 but only in deep shady woods ; there, however, it is not rare. 

 Local name, " Le Cardinal." 



■^ 35. Tachyphonus melaleucus, Sclater's Cat. no. 492. 

 Common, and generally seen in pairs. The male black, with 



