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The collector found this little tanager in open wooded areas, 

 around both Caicara and Cantaura, throughout the year, generally 

 encountered in small flocks of from 6 to 10 individuals. The clear 

 high whistle, usually uttered twice, was one of the typical calls in 

 the habitat. The bird also uttered a thin clear twitter. 



Local name, "fin fin," in imitation of the call. 



TANAGRA LANnROSTRIS CRASSIROSTRIS (Sclater) 



Euphonia crassirostris Sclater, Proc. Zool, Soc. London, 1856 (1857), p. 277 

 ("New Grenada, Bogota."). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 9 , Caicara, December 19, 1945; gonads not enlarged; iris brown, tarsi and 

 toes dull blue, soles of feet flesh color; plumage abraded. 



The collector observed this bird only once, when the present example 

 was taken in the deciduous seasonal woods at Caicara. 



CALOSPIZA CAYANA CAYANA (Linnaeus) 



Tanagra cayana Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 315 (based on 

 "Le Tangara nord, de Cayenne" Brisson, Ornithologia, vol. 3, 1760, p. 21, 

 pi. 4, fig. 3; Cayenne). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 d', Cantaura, August 17, 1947; gonads small; iris brown; gizzard contained 

 seeds; plumage somewhat abraded. 



This specimen agrees with others from southern and central Vene- 

 zuela reported on elsewhere by the senior author (Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 97, 1948, pp. 553-554). Judged by the range given by 

 Hellmayr [Catalogue of the birds of the Americas, pt. 9, 1936, p. 159 

 (French, Dutch, and British Guiana, southern Venezuela (Orinoco 

 and Caura Valleys), northern Brazil, eastern Peru)l this bird must be 

 from near the northern edge of the distribution of its race. 



This tanager was recorded on the savanna in groves of "moriche" 

 palms during April and August, when small flocks of about five 

 individuals were seen. 



THRAUPIS EPISCOPUS CANA (Swainson) 



Tanagra cana Swainson, Ornithological drawings, pt. 3, 1836, pi. 37 (no locality 

 indicated; "Venezuela" suggested by Berlepsch, restricted to Caracas by 

 Hellmayr, Arch. Naturg., vol. 90A, No. 2, 1924, p. 185). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 cf, Cantaura, December 30, 1947; gonads small; iris brown, maxilla black, 

 mandible blue-gray, feet black. The bird is in quite fresh plumage. 



Hellmayr (Catalogue of the birds of the Americas, pt. 9, 1936, p. 213, 

 footnote) writes that birds of northeastern Venezuela (Sucre) and 

 the Orinoco Basin are intermediate between typical cana and neso' 



