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. Z06I. Sbc. 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, 

 i8g8, 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, Verb. 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, 

 o"f 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 Jias 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 



