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PiiiBALURA, Fieill. 



The ridge of the bill arcuated as in Edolius, but the bill itself is one 

 half shorter than the head. 



The species known (Ph. flavirostris), Vieill. Gal, 74; Tern. Col. 

 118; Ph. cristata, Goains. Zool. 111. pi. 31, is from Brazil. The 

 tail is much forked ; the plumage is spotted with black and yellow ; 

 the feathers of the head with red, recalling to our minds certain Ty- 

 rants and Fly-catchers. 



Tanagra, Lin. 



The Tanagers have a conical bill, triangular at its base, slightly arcuated 

 at its ridge, emarginate near the end; wings and flight short. They re- 

 semble the finches in habits, and feed on grain as well as on berries and 

 insects. The greater number become remarkable in museums from their 

 bright colours. We subdivide them as follows*: 



Bullfinch Tanagers. 



A short bill, when viewed vertically, shewing an enlargement on each 

 side of its base; the tail proportionably shorter -f-. 



Grossbeak Tanagers. 



The bill conical, thick, convex, as broad as it is high, the back of the 

 upper mandible rounded j. 



Tanagers, properly so called. 



A conical bill, shorter than the head, as broad as it is high, the upper 

 mandible arcuated, somewhat pointed §. 



Enl. 603.— The Drongohn, Vaill. IV. 171.— The Droiigo bronze, Id. 176, and several 

 new species. 



N. B. The Bec-de-fer o{ YaiU. Afric. 79, from .which Illiger has made his gemis 

 Sparactes, and which is copied in Vieill. Gal., pi. cxli, having been examined by 

 Temminck, is found to be a Pogonias, to whicla other feet had been added, together 

 with a crest. This was done by a dealer, in joke, to impose upon the late M. Raie 

 de Breukelewaerd, a rich Dutch amateur. 



* For this genus, and those of Pipra and Todus, see the work of M. Desmarest 

 and of Miss Pauline de Courcelles, now Madame Knip. 



t Tanag.violacea, Enl. 114, 1, 2. — T. cayennensis, lb. 3. — Pipra musica, Enl. 809, 1. 

 — Tan. diademata, Natterer, Col. 243, or Lindo bleu of Azz., or Bouvreuil azure, Vieill. 

 Gal. 54. — The Lindo bleu dare of Azz. (Tan. chrysogaster,C\iv.). — Ta7i. viridis, Vieill. 

 Col. 36, 3. 



X Tan. magna, Enl. 205. — Tan. atra, Enl. 714, 2. — Coracias caxjennensis, Enl. 616. 

 — Tan. flammiceps, Pr. Max. Col. 177. — Tan. superciUosa, Spix, 57, 1. — Tan. psitta- 

 cina, lb. 2. — Tan. atricollis, Id. 56, 2. It is on this division that Vieillot has found- 

 ed his genus Habia. 



§ Tan. talao, Enl. 127, 2.— tricolor, Enl. ZZ.—mex'.cana, Enl. 290, 2, and 155, 1. — 

 gyrela, Enl. 133, 2.—Cayana, Enl. 201, 2, and 290, l.—episcopus, Enl. 178.— 

 coelestis, Spix, 55, l.—varia, Desm. (Motacilla velia, L.), Enl. 669, 3, of which the T. 

 Schrankii, Spix, 51, is probably the young. — T. punctata and siaca, Enl. 133, L.— 

 T. multicolor, Vieill. Gal. 76, or Fring. zena, L. Catesby, I, 42. — T. thoracica, Tem. 

 Col. 42, l.—T. citrinella, Ih. 2.— T. vittata, lb. 48.-7'. penicillata, Spix, 49.-7'. 

 auricapilla, Id. 52. — T. vittata, T. Col. 48, — T. leucoptera, or Oriolus leucopterus, Lath, 

 Syn. 



