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" of green bushes, and on the ver\' topmost leaves, the Magpies 

 "would alight. I never saw them settle otherwise than on the 

 " very top. These bushes had clusters of small hard buds on 

 " them, and it was these they came to eat. We were there 

 "during May and June, and at first I thought they had nests .it 

 " that time, for they always kept in pairs ; but on second 

 " thoughts I hardly think they could have been nesting then, 

 " for thej' were in heavy moult and it was difficult to get one in 

 "good plumage." 



Owing to an attack of fever lasting nearly the whole of 

 his stay in this unhealthy place Mr. Goodfellovv was nnable to 

 pay as much attention to their habits as he would have liked. 



In a private letter my friend Mr. K. W. Harper, who is at 

 present in Georgetown, Brit. Guiana, makes the following 

 comment: — 



"Amongst the birds which I saw in the clearings at the edge 

 of the forest were some Magpie Tanagers. Thej' looked ver}' 

 pretty and conspicuous with their long tails floating behind. 

 The local name is the "French" sackie. " Sackie " means 

 Tanager." — Ed.] 



mestino motes, 1907- 



By Mrs. Anningson. 



Scarlet Tanagers. 



( Rhainphoccclus bfasi/insj. 

 Tanagers are .such exquisite creatures, that, with 

 all that has appeared in our magazine recently, I am 

 sure, many will be pleased to hear about the doings of 

 my Scarlet Tanagers, My experience of the late winter 

 has led me to the conclusion that Scarlet Tanagers 

 are not at all delicate, for if birds can live in an outdoor 

 aviary without an}' artificial heat, through the very 

 hard and bitterly cold winter that we have just 

 experienced, tliey must be mucli more robust than we 

 think. All my Tanagers have been in a cold aviary 



