Hepatic tanager to the song of the black-headed grosbeak, another member of the Cardinalidae. The flight call is a husky and rising "weet". It looks for food in the foliage of trees, moving slowly and methodically; different individuals use different strategies. In summer, the northern form largely eats insects, spiders and some fruit. In Mexico, it has been observed to eat nectar. From Oaxaca south, it follows swarms of army ants. Even the northern population's behavior and life history are remarkably little known. Hepatic tanager The hepatic tanager ("Piranga flava") is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae),
The Great Australian Adjective and Dennis, however excusable, is not the most creditable feature of their writings." C. J. Dennis acknowledged this poem when he came to publish his own work, "The Austra-laise", which uses the same stylistic trick of leaving the reader to supply missing words of their choice. The Great Australian Adjective The Great Australian Adjective is a humorous poem by English writer and poet W. T. Goodge. It was first published in "The Bulletin" magazine on 11 December 1897, the Christmas issue of that publication, and later in the poet's only collection "Hits! Skits! and Jingles!". The poem was originally published