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1 Paroaria, I. July 29, 1961 Seuila[?] Black-faced Cardinal = gularis = [[image]] Yesterday afternoon, I saw 3 individuals of this species in the mangroves, along a canal, in the Caroni marsh. Feeding in the taller mangrove trees and bushes, apparently on insects. One of the birds was apparently single. The other two were a pair. They were all quite silent most of the time. The birds of the pair did utter a few notes, however. Hoarse, slightly metallic "chink"s. Both when perched and when flying. In flight more or less comme ça: "chick chick-chick chick..." No doublets when perched. These notes were either CN's or hostile. Paroaria, I April 5, 1962 Washington Zoo Come across two Paroaria Cardinals in a small cage here 5:30 am. The cage is labeled "Black-faced Cardinal, Paroaria gularis nigro-genes"; but the 2 birds are obviously slightly different from one another. One bird is red headed and red throated, and has a complete black "mask", the black on the cheeks reaching as far back as the red. The other is orange headed, with a black patch around eye and between eye and bill, and a black-throat. Talking to the keeper a few days later, he told me that one bird was a Black-throated Cardinal, Paroaria gularis (he may