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later that she arrived at Griiubsy with forty-nine birds, mnch too 
late in the year it proved to be for some of them. From Cartagena 
one l)hie Tanager i^Tanagra episcopiis), one Violet Tanager 
(^Euphonia violacea) and fourteen Grosbeaks were landed, and 
from L:ignna. two 01ive-l)acked Thrushes and thirty-one 
"Domincoes" [Spennopkila parva). 
Tiiere is not much doul)t as to the sex of the two Thrushes, 
■one sings, and tlie other has a decidedly "henny" appearance. 
Both Tanagers were almost at their last g;isp when landed ; the 
Violet was minus one eye and died shortly afterwards, l>ut the 
Blue has recovered and is now quite cheerful. The Douiinico 
Finches were almost all young birds, fifteen of them were black 
and white, with traces of brown iinniature plumage; the remain- 
ing sixteen were brown with buff tips to their wing coverts. I 
say ivete because I made the mistake of caging them in an 
tinheated bird room, where one after the other they died, until 
only nine were left. These were removed to a heated atmosphere ; 
but it was too late. Only three now remain. We naturally 
thought that the brown ones were females, but our esteemed 
Editor, on comparing two of the l^odies — one of each kind — with 
specimens in the British Museum decided that both were im- 
mature males. Mr. Page's taxidermist confirmed the sexing. 
The Dominico Finch greatlj' resembles the White-throated 
Finch in the arrangement of its colours. It is said to be a 
■sweet singer. 
The majority of the Cartagena Finches — not yet identified 
— appear to be SpeTviophila analis. Roughly, their plumage is 
slate grey, darker on the upper surface and white from the centre 
•of the breast to the root of the tail, flight and tail feathers black, 
with the characteristic white wing patch of the Spermophi/cs. 
Their beaks are bright yellow. The rest are inconspicuous brown 
plumaged birds, memliers probably of the genus Oryzoborus. 
These Grosbeaks, although coming from a district several 
hundred miles nearer the line than 6". parva, are much hardier; 
while the former do not at all mind several degrees of frost, 
parva cannot endure the temperature below 45 degrees. 
Mr. Porter has gained much experience of bird keeping 
in these four voyages, and is almost as enthusiastic as ourselves. 
