TANAGERS. 



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yellowish olive ; under wing-coverts white. Habitat, 

 Cavenne, Guiana, and Lower Amazonia (Sclater). 



Desmarest says: "This bird lives in the more open 

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

 human habitations." 



G. Lintz, of Hamburg, imported two examples of this 



yellowish ; below ashy ; sides of body and under tail- 

 coverts yellowish olive ; under wing-coverts white 

 Habitat, S.E. Brazil (Sclater). 



Burmeister says that this species appears to be rare, 

 but he gives no information touching its life-history. 

 Dr. Russ does not mention it. 



BLACK-BACKED TANAGER. 



Tanager in 1874. and in 1875 Miss Hagenbeck sent two 

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

 1-ave come into the London markets hitherto. 



LEAD-COLOURED TANAGER (Hypophcca chalybea). 

 Above dark bronzy bluish green ; forehead yellow ; 

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

 coverts white ; 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 Zoological Gardens acquired a pair by 

 purchase in 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 dark leaden ; feet dark brown. Female 

 above pale green, head bluish-grey; below pale bluish- 

 grey ; the flanks washed with green. Habitat, Jamaica. 



