THE BIRDS 



NORTH AND MH)DLE AMERICA. 



By Robert Ridgw ay, 



Curator, Division of Birds. 



Part II. 



Family TANAGRID^. 



THE TANAGERS. 



Non-granivorou.s (fruo'ivorous and insectivorous), conirostral, " nine- 

 primaried,'' acutiplantar Oscines, with the commissure not abruptly 

 angulated or detiexed basally. and with the mandibular tomium not 

 distinctly ang'ulated (never toothed) sul)]msally. 



As stated under the head of family Fring-illidte, the division here 

 made (like all preceding ones) between the Tanagers and the Finches 

 is an arliitrary one. The Tanagrida% as here restricted, are without 

 nuich dout)t a more or less artificial group, and I am very doubtful as 

 to whether the fruit-eating Eujyhonke (genera Euplionia^ Pyrrhuplwnia^ 

 and Chloix)plioni(i) should not be separated from the others as a dis- 

 tinct family. This question, however, can only be settled after the 

 internal structure of all the genera has been carefully studied. 



From the Tanagrida^ as given by Dr. Sclater in his latest monograph 

 of the group' I have alread}- removed the genera Pitylns (including 

 Caryothraustes^ RhodotJimupis^ and Periporphyrus) and Saltator^ which 

 are referred to the Fringillidse. Another genus must also be removed. 

 This is Oalyjjtophilus Cory, usually placed next to JVicmiicophilus; but, 

 being a ''ten-primaried" bird, it obviously does not belong here.^ 



'Catalogue | of the | Passeriformes, | or Perching Birds, | in the | Collection j of 

 the I British Museum. | — | Fringillifornies: Part II | containing the Families | 

 Coerebidae, Tanagridae, and Icteridte. | By | Philip Lutley Sclater. | London: | 

 Printed by order of the Trustees. | 1886. | 



^ Calyptophilus is of very doubtful position, but probably is a member of the ]Mimid?e. 



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