My Tanogers—Pasl (iinl I'rcneiit. 
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Alas for me — 
" p]ai-tli has lost a porl.ioii of her gioi'y: 
And like I^aldiir in llie ancient story 
Never comes the beautiful again . . . 
Still, in my dreams there flits the I'adiant foiin of !um 
I have called " The C!reen Gold-headed f'eautiful," and on my 
expectant ear there falls the dear familiar tune and 1 start to 
answe: it. 
♦ 
My Tanagers— Past and Present. 
By Lady ICathleen Pilkington. 
Our good friend and Editor having honoured me with a 
request for an account of the Tanagers I have owned, I 
complj' with all the more readiness, in that my narrative has 
been preceded by one from so keen and enthusiastic a fancier as 
Miss Bousfield, whose excellent article I have just read with 
much interest and which has inspired me with a wish to do 
likewise. 
Perhaps the simplest way to begin is to give a list of 
all I have ever had, ending with those now in my possession. 
It is as follows : — 
Blue and Black Tanagers {Tanagrella cyanoDnlacna) . 
Tricolour Tanagers {Callistc tricolor). 
Pri'tro's Tanagers {Spindalis prctrii). 
Superb Tanagers (Callistc fastuosa). 
Black-backed Tanagers (C. melanonota) . 
Archbishop Tanagers (Tanagra ornata). 
Black Tanagers (Tachyphonus melaleucus) . 
Palm Tanagers (Tanagra palmarum). 
Violet Euphonia (Euphonia violacca). 
Pectoral Euphonia {E . pcctoralis). 
All Green C'hloro-Tanager (Chloraphonia virid's). 
Festive Tanager {Callistr, f estiva). 
Scarlet Tanager (Rhamphococlvs bras'lius) . 
Blue Tanager (Tanagra ipiscopus). 
Black-cheeked Tanager (Callistc cayana). 
G.ild and Gr.-en Tr.nager (C. ftaua). 
Blue-headed Euphonia (Euphonia nigricollis) . 
The last seven, I am glad to say, are all alive and nourish- 
ing. Of the first ten on my list pride of place undoubtedly goes 
to the Blue and Black, a lovely and most rare Tanager, in fact 
