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nest in which it was reared ; but it seems hardly probable that it

would learn more than half a dozen songs, or that it would begin

them with an utterly unusual prelude.*


I have reduced the songs of my two birds to words, in

order that the differences may be appreciated :

Orange or Saffron form.


Hobka?'ee, hookaree (2 to 5 or 6 times) — heo, heo, heo, heo, heo,

heo, heo, heo, or hooey, hooey, hooey, hooey, sometimes continued

more softly. Beyond the presence or absence of the initial calls

there is no variation from the dissyllabic whistle.


Lemon form.


1. Or-yer, hurri-er, haw, hee ; chut cha- caw, chutcha-caw, chutcha-

caw, chutcha-caw, chutcha-cazv ; hee.


This is the most frequent song, but the following are also

frequently uttered :


2. Or-heer, or-heer, or-choo-choo ; chao-hee, chao-hee, chao-hee, chao-

hee, chao-hee, chao-hee.


In each of these songs the initial notes are brought out

deliberately, but the repetitions rapidly.


3. Wheeo, hoo, hear ; wheeo, hoo , wheeo, hoo, hear.


4. Icher-choo-choo, chehear ; icher-choo-choo, chehear ; icher-choo~


choo, chehear.


5. Tirry-et ; tee-dao, tee-dao, tee-dao, tee-dao, tee-dao; tee.


6. Teddo, teddo, teddo ; tit tee, titter lee, flee.


7. 1 or: tor: tor: tor: tor-dear, delee ; to?'-dlee, delee.


8. Heer : hippoopoo peer, toodle-year.


These are all that I have noted ; but it is quite likely that

the songs of this Hanguest are even more variable : its call-note

appears to be Or-heer, or-heer ; more prolonged than the com-

mencement of its first song, but the same as in the second.


Although certain collectors and visitors to Colombia,

Venezuela and the adjacent islands may not have met with the

lemon-yellow form in its wild state, it is certain that it has been

met with, or it could not have been sent home : it has certainly

not assumed its colouring in captivity, inasmuch as dealers do

not long keep these birds, there being a ready sale for them ;


* My old bird sometimes utters perfectly one of the metallic calls of my Blue-

bearded Jay {Cyanocorax cyanopogori).



