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a fate, from which its conspicuously different plumage ought to have 

 saved it. 



The consequence was that this unfortunate Tanager received no 

 less than four specific appellations from different writers, who all 

 thought themselves first in discovering that it was really distinct 

 from Calliste tricolor. Our countryman, Shaw, was the earliest of 

 these authors, having called this bird 'f estiva' in his " Naturalist's 

 Miscellany" in 1804, and we consequently employ his name for the 

 species. 



As I have already mentioned, in speaking of Calliste tricolor, it 

 is very commonly imported into England in collections of Brazihan 

 skins, and examples of it are contained in almost every cabinet of 

 Natural History. 



Prince Maximilian of Neuwied, who describes this bird in his 

 "Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien" under the name of 

 Tanagra rubricoUis, found it near Cabo Frio in the vicinity of the 

 Fazenda of Guirapina in South-east Brazil, but did not consider it 

 common in those parts, since his hunters only procured one example 

 during his whole journey. This, he says, was passing from branch 

 to branch in a deep wood, and seemed to have the usual habits of 

 the true Tanager. 



This Calliste is recognizable at first glance from among all other 

 members of the group by its broad red collar, which begins on each 

 side of the throat and passes all round the back of the neck. 



