492 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



series from Venezuela. This is a new record for the Santa Marta 

 region. 



473. Thraupis episcopus cana (Swainson). 



Tanagra diaconus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, " 1856," 1857, 233 

 (" Santa Marta "). 



Tanagra cana Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1861, 75 (" Santa Marta ")• — Salvin 

 and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 120 (Santa Marta). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 XI, 1886, 156 (Santa Marta). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 

 1898, 141 (" Santa Marta "). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 

 169 (Bonda and Cacagualito) ; XXI, 1905, 292 (Bonda, Masinga [Vieja], and 

 Mamatoco ; descr. nest and eggs). — von Berlepsch, Verh. V. Int. Orn.- 

 Kong., 191 1, 1 05 1 (Santa Marta, in range). 



Additional records: La Concepcion (Brown); Tucurinca (Car- 

 riker). 



Nineteen specimens : Bonda, La Tigrera, Mamatoco, Minca, Funda- 

 cion, Don Diego, Dibulla, and Santa Marta. 



Specimens of the Blue Tanager from the Santa Marta region re- 

 semble those from northern Venezuela, the assigned type-locality of 

 cana, in having the wing-coverts violaceous blue (between smalt-blue 

 and cornflower-blue). Since intergradation between cana and episco- 

 pus appears to be complete, they had best be regarded as conspecies. 



A bird of the Tropical Zone, ranging from sea-level up to 3,000' 

 feet, but above 2,000 feet it cannot be considered more than a strag- 

 gler. It is most partial to the lowlands, where it was fairly common 

 at almost all points visited. It prefers open woodland, and keeps to 

 the tree-tops, feeding largely on fruit. It has a musical call-note, but 

 no song so far as observed. 



Mr. Smith sent in six nests, collected in April and May. These are 

 described by Dr. Allen as follows : " The nests, placed usually on the 

 fork of a small horizontal branch (one is on an upright fork), are 

 compact and neatly built, forming a deep cup with very thick walls, 

 of rather fine vegetable fibers mixed copiously with plant down, and 

 in one case with ravelings, bits of cloth, and a little wool, and sev- 

 eral have a few feathers ; one has the whole outside covered with 

 cotton; another has as a prominent feature bits of gray and green cloth ; 

 others are almost wholly without any of these conspicuous acces- 

 sories. . . . The eggs [one to three in number] are faintly bluish 

 white, rather heavily streaked and spotted all over with lavender and 



