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Sinmc Colnjiy Birds. 
The female is simply a washed-out resemblance of the 
male and in adult birds the two can never be confounded 
together. There are at the present timeseveral specimens in 
the " Small Birds' Hom e " of the London Zoo. 
Olive-green S.\lt.\tor (Salfator magnus): I think 
I am right in saying too, that Mr. E. W. Harper sent the 
first pair of this species, to reach England alive to the Lon- 
don Zoo. The Saltator is to all intents and purposes a large 
Tanager (is as large as a thrush), but at a little distance 
bears a strong resemblance to a thrush and may easily be 
mistaken for such. On more than one occasion at the London 
Zoo I have been so misled, the somewhat indistinct striation 
of the underparts lending to the deception, but directly a full 
view is obtained of the bird the error is immediately evident. 
" Commonly known as ' Tom Pitcher,' on account of a 
" fancied resemblance of its note to the name. . . . To me, 
"the bird seems to .say: 'Sweet, sweet Brickdam, yo' knew.' 
" It is the largest of the group and much larger than all 
" the preceding Tanagers; the bill is short and blunt, giving the 
"bird somewhat of a chubby look; the tail proportionately longer. 
"Its colour above is olive-green; below it is lightish-grey, with 
" undefined downward streaks of a darker colour; it has a bright 
" yellow eye-bi ow and a corresponding mar-k below the eye. . . 
" A young specimen which had fallen out of the nest was brought 
" to me. I fed tlie youngster forcibly Tor twelve days on bread 
" and milk, and banana, and at last the bird realized that it was 
"much more pleasant to open its bill when I presented the food, 
" than wait till I had gently but firmly prised it open 
" It does much damage to gardens by nipping off succulent buds. 
" In a cage it seems to take life with a stolid, tolerant, iselfish, 
" and sometimes querulous indideience, and .so will never be taken 
" up as a pet." 
I must leave the other birds Mr. Dawson deals with 
— Hangnests, Marshbirds, Tyrants, and Seed-Finches—till our 
ne.xt issue. I .am sure the alx)ve notes, both of the well-known 
and almost unknown (in captivity) species will prove of gen- 
eral interest and fully justify the space occupied. 
{To he Continued) . 
