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be to see these beautiful birds in their own countr}'. 

 Fortunate!}^ for me be alighted near Mr. Frostick, 

 and when I had got my heart back in the right place 

 and gone round to where the bird had flown, Mr. 

 Frostick was just in the act of recapturing him, 

 and we soon returned him to his cage, none the worse 

 for the adventure. I am sorry to say this will be his 

 last appearance on the show bench, for he was claimed 

 at catalogue price by someone connected with the 

 Turkish Enibass}^ and sent out to Turkey. 



For a Tanager he was a very small fruit-eater, 

 preferring the more juicy fruits, but indifferent to 

 everything but grapes. He was always very eager 

 for his bath, and used to spread out his feathers 

 and stand in the water some time to soak, before 

 splashing in the ordinary way. I never observed 

 this peculiarity in any other bird, but it was 

 certainly most effective. 'My Tricolour showed every 

 appearance of gentleness and sweetness of disposition 

 so far as I was concerned, but I never dared to allow 

 him to share a cage with another Tanager, for he used 

 to indulge in constant bickering through the bars 

 with his neighbour, a Superb Tanager. 



The following is an extract from Sclater's 

 "Monograph of the Tanagrine genus Calliste:'' 



" That most accurate observer, Maximilian Prinz 

 " zu Wied, who gives an excellent description of this 

 " bird under the latter name {Callisie tatas) met with it 

 " very commonly in the neighbourhood of Rio de 

 " Janeiro and Cabo Frio in South Eastern Brazil, but 

 " not farther northwards. He says it has no song. 

 " but onl}' a weak call-cry.*^' In the neighbourhood of 

 *' the Fazenda of Guirapina, and in the environs of 

 " the Lagoa of Ponta Negra, also near Marica, and by 

 " Campos in the vicinity of the river Parahyba 



* My bird's call -note was certainly not a weak one. 



