rhamphoccelus

Updated: May 17, 2025

Whilst loitering about at such times in a half-oblivious mood, thinking of home, the song of this bird would create for the moment a perfect illusion. Numbers of tanagers frequented the fruit and other trees in our garden. The two principal kinds which attracted our attention were the Rhamphoccelus Jacapa and the Tanagra Episcopus.

Henry Walter Bates - The Naturalist on the River Amazons