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that they seemed to like thick bushes, and kept out of sight as

much as possible. They are far from being common, and I

should like to have the chance of possessing such a pair of birds

alive. The female lacks the black throat of the male. She is

altogether of a dingy green, and the bright orange rump of the

male is only slightly yellowish in her, and the same with the

golden cheeks and the spot on the crown.


From the Western side we obtained many specimens of

the Golden Tanager (C. aurulenta). This is rather a common

bird at about 5,000 ft. That altitude seems to be its permanent

home, but it doubtless ranges a little lower and much higher,

according to the season. It is a truly fine bird, with its rich

golden plumage and jet black ears. I saw one in a cage in

Quito, kept by a gentleman who was the only Ecuadorian I met

who was really fond of birds. His specimen was in perfect

health and plumage, aud seemed very lively and tame. They

give one the impression that they would be tame birds. I under¬

stood that this one had been in captivity for some considerable

time, and, if I remember rightly, it only had orange and banana

to eat.


Among the Tanagers we found at an altitude of from 1,500

to 2,000 ft., were the Rufous-headed Green Tanager ( C. gyroloides)

and the Red-naped Tanager (C. ruficervix), both showy birds.

In the former one, the back, wings, and tail are bright green ;

the rump, throat, aud breast, turquoise-blue with some green

reflections ; the head, rufous ; the collar and shoulders, golden.

This bird seems to range from the Isthmus of Panama down to

Bolivia: so it ought to be possible to procure specimens alive

from Colombia or Panama. It seemed to feed chiefly on fruit.

The predominating colour of the Red-naped Tanager is pale

blue, with deeper blue and violet about the head. The vent

is fawn, and the colour from which it takes its name is more of a

golden-fawn shade than red. This bird ranges from the North-

Western parts of Ecuador right up to the North of Colombia.


I now come to some of the Tanagers of the lowlands,

starting with the Silver-throated Tanager (C. icterocephcila ) from

Santo Domingo, and confined solely to Ecuador.


As I have several times referred to S. Domingo, and shall,

doubtless, have to do so again in the course of these articles, I

may here take the opportunity of saying it is not a town or a

village, but consists merely of two huts in a small clearing of

about eight to ten acres in the virgin forest, and is six days ride

over execrable trails from Quito. The forest formed one solid



