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Zbc Zvicolom Manager. 



Calliste tricolor. 

 By vS. M. TowNSEND. 



W-jjrARLY ill July, 1902, I had a letter from one of our 

 H^ principal importers, saying that he had just 

 ■ * ^ received some Tanagers, and would I go and see 

 them? Needless to say I went, and when I 

 came away I was lighter in pocket, but had a small 

 parcel which contained a Tricolour Tanager and a 

 Green Tanager {ChloropJionia vij'idis). I brought them 

 home, and after they had passed the allotted time in 

 quarantine they were installed in my birdroom. The 

 Tricolour settled down at once and, before I had had 

 him long, he moulted, and came into perfect con- 

 dition. I have shown him several times and always 

 with more or less success. 



He was a most attractive bird, but though very 

 friendly and intelligent he was always nervous. At 

 the last Show held at the Palace I had him in rather 

 a small show cage, and late one night, whilst I was 

 giving him his fresh fruit, he suddenly darted out 

 of the cage door! Imagine my horror at seeing him 

 flying about in the Palace ! Still, it was worth seeing, 

 for he looked like a beautiful jewel in the brilliant 

 electric light. And it made one realize what it must 



