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the name of Lindo billo, but never met with it himself 

 alive in Paraguay, the specimen described having been 

 purchased dead. 



Professor Burmeister, our most recent authority on 

 the birds of Brazil, mentions its occurrence near New 

 Frieburg. 



Swainson obtained specimens of this Tanager in 

 the vicinity of Pernambuco, where, he says, " it is not 

 uncommon, frequenting the gardens and feeding on the 

 smaller sized fruits, and it is abundant in collections 

 of skins imported from Rio and Bahia. It probably 

 extends all through eastern Brazil, though I do not 

 believe it reaches so far north as the Amazon, which 

 seems to be the line of separation between many of 

 the Brazilian and Guiana species." 



I have found the Calliste flava a very timid bird 

 and difficult to tame ; he feeds principally on fruit 

 and hardly touches his insectivorous food, in fact, he 

 eats less than any Tanager I have ever kept. The 

 only thing he shows a preference for is a grape, which 

 I can get him to take from my hand after a good deal 

 of persuasion. 



^be Storv) of Birt)-3)eatb. 



By W. Geo. Creswei.i., M.D. Durh., L.R.C.P., F.Z.S. 



(Continued from page 26^). 



>^^ ow that we have glanced at the different degrees 

 "1 / of immunity against septicaemia shown by the 

 r-^iy^ great family of wild and domesticated Finches 

 and their hybrids, and also by the large class 

 of birds which is colloquially known under the com- 

 prehensive title Insectivorous, the question as to the 

 influence of egg-food on captive bird-life practically 

 ends, since the relationship to septic disease on the 

 part of those birds that remain to be considered is (as 



