PLAIN-COLORED TANAGER 



FIG. 101. Tanagra crassirostris 

 (Nat. Size) 



manians. The male is often trapped and caged 

 on account of its sweet and somewhat canary- 

 like song. "Gatun, Mindi, Toro Point and 

 Mount Hope. Seen frequently in second growth 

 and in trees in open ground." (Jewel.) 



5. Tangara inornata languens 



Bangs and Barb our 

 Plain-colored Tanager 



Calospiza inornata RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and M. 

 Amer. II, p. 51, 1902; Tangara inornata, STONE, Proc. 

 Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 278. 



Sexes similar. Length 118 mm. (4.60 in.); 

 tail 44 mm. (1.70 in.). Above plain slate 

 gray; wings and tail dusky, a more or less 

 concealed spot of cerulean blue on upper wing 

 coverts; lower parts dull light gray, the middle 

 of the breast and abdomen white. Bill grayish, 

 black at tip. 



A tanager resembling at a distance a small 

 sparrow, since the blue patch on the wing coverts 

 is inconspicuous. Not very common. "New 

 Culebra on an open trail." (Hallinan.) " Gatun. 

 Found on the edge of the jungle . ' ' (Jewel . ) 

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