Foreign Birds. 
in B.Is .J \o\. viii, p. 58, by our esteemed member Mr. W. E. 
Teschemaker, which I reprint here in full: — 
" Mr. F. C. Thorpe has recently imported some God- 
" man's Tanagers {Eiiphoniu yodinani). This is one of the 
" races of the well-known Violet Tanager (E. violacea), and 
" closely resemhles it in outward appearance, though it is much 
" smaller. Those recently impoi'ted are not quite up to the stan- 
" dard measurements of this siiecies, but I think the identifica- 
" tion is correct. It may be useful to distinguish between four 
" species of Euplion'a wliich resemble one another in colouring. 
" The smallest is the little Dwarf Tanagei- (E. minuta) — a very 
" pigmy among Tanagers, a pair of whi"h may be seen in the 
" Bird-liouse at the Z')oh)gii'a' Gardens; under tail -coverts, white. 
" Xext in point of size comes the Godman. A little larger and 
" with wide and heavy mandibles is the Thick-billed Tanager (E. 
" laniiro.ttris). also to he seen in the Bird-house. Lastly, the 
" common E. violncra. which needs no description. Mr. Beebe 
" met with the Godman Tanager in Mexico, and from his charm- 
" ing book ("Two Bird-lovers in Mexico,") I quote the following: 
" ' Not far from camp were sevei'al groves of wide-branching wild 
" fig trees. These were the grandest trees in this part of 
" Mexico, branching almost to the ground and stretching out 
"their vast mass of foliage on all sides. Some of them measure 
"fully ten feet through near the base. Their fruit is devoured 
" by cattle, deer, and bii-ds, tlioujrh in this locality it was not 
" yet ripe Here aic fouml the little Godman Euphonia 
" in abundance— four inclics of yellow and violet; the male with his 
" bright yellow cap, breast, and under parts, and his mate of a 
"sombre greenish. The voice of the Euphonia is out o'f all pro- 
" portion to its size— a loud but slow and hesitating phe-ut ! 
"phe-ut!' I may add that the note of the Godman appears to 
"be identical with that of E. violacea. W.E.T." 
A pair of the above passed into Mr. Toschemaker's 
possession. They have constructed two nests, both domed and 
built in a nest box (see notes under Violet P^uphonia and 
photo) and laid one clutch of eggs, which were unfortunately 
looted by a pair of Eufous -hacked Mann ik ins before he could 
make any close examination. 
I^. is to be hoped that if tlie l)ir(ls survivi^ the winter 
complete success will be attained next season. 
To he Confinnrd. 
