. Bird notes . mf^§^ Zbc l?ellow or ^6ol& an& 6reenManager. Bv S. :\I. TOWNSEND. (k<. UR Editor has asked me to write an articleon my Gold and Green Tanager, whoforms the subject of the coloured platein this months mao:azine. I came across him quite by accidentHe was among a number of in the summer of 1902Tanagers, mostly Superbs, which had just arrived ;they were all in verj^ bad condition, and he especiallywas very bare and dirt}^ but he seemed healthy, so Ibought him and took him home. I have always beenvery glad I did so, for he bathed vigorously at thefirst opportunity and started moul
. Bird notes . mf^§^ Zbc l?ellow or ^6ol& an& 6reenManager. Bv S. :\I. TOWNSEND. (k<. UR Editor has asked me to write an articleon my Gold and Green Tanager, whoforms the subject of the coloured platein this months mao:azine. I came across him quite by accidentHe was among a number of in the summer of 1902Tanagers, mostly Superbs, which had just arrived ;they were all in verj^ bad condition, and he especiallywas very bare and dirt}^ but he seemed healthy, so Ibought him and took him home. I have always beenvery glad I did so, for he bathed vigorously at thefirst opportunity and started moulting, and got intofair condition in quite a record time. I was unable toidentify him when I first had him, so I called him the Gold and Green Tanager, but I afterwards foundout from the British Museum that he was the YellowTanager (^Calliste flava). There is no need for me to describe the colouringof the male, as Mr. Goodchild has provided us withsuch a beautiful portrait of him, but I may say thathe has slightly altered since I first had him, havingassumed a tinge of chestnut with t
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