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Marshall (1942)
Tanagra lanta
Chilata Call similar to Western
Wood Pewee but Call a high whistle
like canary downward inflected
but not rough like W. woodpewee.
Found only in trees on wall of
dep rocky gorge where Colored
swifts found. Same place 2 different
days got one each time. Only
2 or 3 birds seen. Looked and acted
like green-backed goldfinch.
I think I found them when
they were coming down to stream to
drink. Saw at very close range.
Tanagra affinis
Lake Olwega Common, paired in larger dense
trees along road thru fields W camp. All
within 300 yds camp. after that tree small &
scraggly. Were 6+ pairs. It was several
weeks before I shot one and was surprised
to find it wasn't a green-backed goldfinch.
high Mount Calls, size, pattern, color, shape all identical in
field views. Usually in highest parts of
tree but once or twice a few ft. from ground
on fence and adjacent mesquite beneath
the tree.
rarely
Chilata Pairs occasionally heard or seen. In shot
or road inland side of range. 1 pr. on hill across
canyon from camp.