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is SO extremely unlikely that anj^body would want to keep 

 any of them, it is not worth while occupying space with 

 particulars of perhaps the most uninteresting of birds. 



THE TANAGERS. 



This is a fairly individualised group, which has been con- 

 stituted a distinct 



Family — Taiiagridce. 



Genus — Tanagra. T. sayaca. Sayaca Tanager. 



One genus may be brie% referred to. It is also called 

 the grey tanager, and is found among other places in British 

 Guiana. The general colour is ash-grey, with a bluish 

 gloss on the head, neck, and upper parts generally ; the 

 wings and tail are black, with greenish blue bands or 

 lines ; the eyes are brown, and the legs and feet blackish. 

 The female only differs in being a little duller in appear- 

 ance. It is about the size of a European lark, and may be 

 fed in the same way, with the addition of fruit. 



THE LARKS 



Are represented in America by tlie well-known Shore 

 Lark, which is included among British birds by Morris 

 and other writers, on the strength of a few specimens 

 caught, or more frequently shot, in Britain nearly every 

 winter. 



Fam i ly — A la iididcB. 



Genus — Otocorys. O. alpestris. Shore Lark. 



The generic name Otocorys bestowed on these birds 



