TANAGEHS. 



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yellowish olive ; under wihg-eoverts white. Habitat, 

 Caveiin*', Guiana, and Lower jVinazonia (Sclater). 



Desmarost says: — "This bird lives in the more open 

 tracts of Guiara, in the rice-fields in the vicinity of 

 human habitations." 



G. Lintz, of Hamburg, imported two ejcamples ot this 



yelloH i.sh ; below ashy ; sides of body and under tall- 

 coverts veilowish olive ; under wingcoverts white. 

 Habitat. S.E. Brazil (Sclater). 



Banneister say.s that this species appears to be rare, 

 but he gives no inform.itinn timching- its life-history. 

 Dr. Russ does not mention it. 



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Black-backed Tanageh. 



Tanager in 1871, and in 1875 Miss Hagenbeck sent two 

 specimens to Dr. Russ ; it dees not. however, appear to 

 have come into the Ixjndon markets hitherto. 



Lead-coloured T.\nager {Ili/pophcra diah/hra). 

 Above dark bronzy blui.*--!! green ; forehead yellow ; 

 below yellow; upper part of throat green ; under wing- 

 coverts while ; flights and tail below dark ashy ; bill 

 dark leaden ; feet brown. Female above olive-green ; 

 forehead, rump, and margins of wings and tail more 



The London Zoologicnl Gard-ns acquired a pair by 

 purchase m August, 1892. 



Jamaica Tanager (Pyrrhuphonia Jamaica). 



Above bluish-grey; below paler; middle of abdomen 

 yellowish ; axiliaries pale yellow ; under wing-coverts 

 and inner webs of flights" white; under tail-coverts 

 whitish; bill dnrk leaden: fe<'t dark brown. Female 

 :ibove pale green, head bluish-grey; below pale bluish- 

 crev ; the flanlcs washed with green. Habitat, Jamaica. 



