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13 Tangara, I June 13, 1958, London Zoo [[red shape cross-hatched]] = miscellaneous. A pair of Superb Tanagers, Sartuosa, (male and female?) in a small cage by themselves. [[left margin]] [[3 red vertical lines; 1 red cross-hatched vertical line]] [[/left margin]] When presented with a mirror, one of the birds began to hop around the cage, very excitedly, with WF's, TF's, and CN's (sometimes single, sometimes in series of 2 or 3 or 4, but never any R), just like the local species of Tangara on BCI. A single Festive Tanager cyanocephala, also present in a small cage by itself. [[left margin]] [[3 red vertical lines; 1 red cross-hatched vertical line]] [[/left margin]] Did WF's, TF's, and CN's, much the same as those of the Superbs (although apparently lower intensity) when I approached its cage. Tangara, I August 2, 1958 Barro Colorado I now have quite a lot of these birds in captivity. Three apparently adult Plains: lavender left, yellow right, and silver left. Three Golden-masks. Two definitely birds of the year, just molting into adult plumage. Banded green right and lavender right. The other is either a juvenal which has just completed the molt into adult plumage or a very dull adult female Banded red left. [[left margin]] [[1 gray vertical line; 1 blue vertical line; 1 blue cross-hatched line]][[/left margin]] All these birds have been put into the big aviary, with
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re: [[Jestive]]:
? cyanocephala seems to be the "blue-capped tanager", but cannot find further reference the name in text.