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T A N A G E R. 



White-headed Tanager (T. leucocephala). Pale 

 blue, with a slight tinge of ash-colour on the upper 

 parts ; the quills and tail-feathers black, with bluish 

 borders ; the forehead and circle round the eyes are 

 velvet-black ; and the top of the head bluish-white, 

 with some reddish feathers next the black ; the under 

 parts are black, the bill black, and the feet ash- 

 colour. The length is seven inches, and the species 

 is described as being one of the birds of Paraguay. 



Tke Slave Tanager (T. palmaruni). This species 

 is also called the palm tanager, from being often 

 found on palm-trees. It is a native of the West 

 India islands, and six inches in length. The upper 

 parts are brown, with olive-green reflections ; the 

 wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers, are brown, with 

 olive-green borders ; and the under parts whitish, 

 with longitudinal spots of brown ; the bill and feet 

 are horn colour. 



Bishop Tanager (T. episcopus} is a native of 

 Guiana, and six inches in length. The male has the 

 upper plumage greyish-blue, with reflections of green 

 and violet ; the lower part of the back, the rump, and 

 the under parts, lilac-purple ; the lesser coverts of the 

 wings bluish-white, the middle ones violet, and the 

 greater ash-colour ; the quills and tail-feathers black- 

 ish, with blue borders ; the bill and feet black. The 

 female is altogether olive ash-colour, but deeper in 

 the shade on some parts than on others. 



Green and lied Tanager (T. cat/ana). This spe- 

 cies is found in Guiana, and is four inches and a half 

 in length ; the upper parts are green ; the top of the 

 head red ; the upper neck and rump golden yellow ; 

 the sides of the head black ; the throat bluish-grey ; 

 the under parts mottled with yellow, red, and slate- 

 grey ; the quills and tail-feathers bordered with 

 golden green ; and the bill and feet blackish. The 

 female is olive-green colour, and yellow with green 

 reflections. 



Slue-headed Green Tanager ( T. Linncef). This is 

 also a native of Guiana, and a quarter of an inch 

 shorter than the last mentioned. The upper parts 

 are mottled with green and yellow ; the wing-coverts 

 and middle tail-feathers are/green ; the quills and 

 lateral tail-feathers brown, with green borders ; the top 

 of the head and the upper part ot the neck, both behind 

 and on the sides, violet-blue, with green reflections, 

 and the roots of the feathers blackish-brown ; the 

 throat yellow, the middle of the belly golden-yellow, 

 and all the rest of the under part mottled with yel- 

 low, green, and reddish-brown ; the bill is black on 

 the upper mandible and grey on the under, and the 

 feet are grey. This and the preceding are two ex- 

 ceedingly pretty little birds. 



Red-cap Tanager (T. gularis). This is a Brazilian 

 species, six inches in length. The upper parts are 

 black ; the head and upper part of the throat bright 

 red ; the lower part of the throat dull purple ; the 

 sides of the neck and the breast pure white ; the 

 quills and tail-feathers blackish, and the feet grey. 



Seven-coloured Tanager (T. tatao]. Velvet black 

 on the upper part ; head and lesser wing-coverts 

 green ; rump orange-yellow ; lower neck and greater 

 wing-coverts violet-blue ; breast and under parts sea- 

 green ; bill and feet black ; length six inches. The 

 female has the same distribution of colours as the 

 male, but they are much less brilliant in the tint. It 

 is found in Guiana, and other richly-wooded countries, 

 near the sea or the great rivers. 



Blue- headed Tanager (T. cyanocephala), is an in- 

 habitant farther into the woods than the last, and 



considerably smaller, being only five inches long. It 

 is black on the upper part, with most of the feathers 

 bright green at the tips, which gives it a very rich, 

 though not gaudy appearance. The head and chin 

 are bright turquois blue ; the cheeks and neck red ; 

 the lesser coverts black, with orange tips ; the quill 

 and tail-feathers brown, with green borders ; the 

 under parts green, and the bill and feet black. The 

 female has the head and chin bluish-ash, the cheeks 

 and nape reddish-brown ; and the colours of all 

 the other parts much duller than those of the male 

 bird. 



Red-hcad-and-throat Tanager (T. nificapella). This 

 is a Brazilian species, five inches in length. The 

 upper parts are clear olive-green ; the head and 

 throat deep red, with a spot of yellow upon each 

 side of the neck, on the rump, and the under tail- 

 coverts ; the lower neck and upper part of the 

 breast deep yellow, and the belly paler : the quills 

 brown, with greenish borders ; the bill black above 

 and yellow below ; and the feet brown. 



Three-coloured Tanager (T. tricolor). Upper parts 

 blackish brown, with the borders of the quills and 

 tail-feathers bright green ; the nape and sides of the 

 neck greenish golden-yellow ; the forehead and 

 throat black ; the smaller wing-coverts violet-blue ; 

 the breast and belly bluish-green ; the bill black, 

 and the feet grey. The length about five inches. 

 The female has all the colours paler in the tint than 

 the male. The native country is Brazil. 



Varied Tanager (T. varia). This is also a Bra- 

 zilian species, of the same size as the former, but 

 very different in the colours. The upper part is 

 mottled with black and yellow ; the head and chin 

 greenish-yellow ; the middle of the throat black ; the 

 quills and tail-feathers black, with greenish borders ; 

 the breast and belly clouded with green and blue ; 

 the bill black, and the feet reddish. 



Green Tanager (T. virescens}. This is a North 

 American species. It is olive-green on the upper 

 part ; the top of the head blackish ; the region of 

 the eye white, with a grey spot between the bill and 

 the eye ; the quills and tail-feathers brown, with 

 greenish borders ; the coverts deep olive-green ; the 

 throat whitish ; the under part grey ; the under tail- 

 coverts yellowish ; and the bill and feet black. It is 

 five inches in length. The reader will not fail to 

 remark that the colours of this species are much less 

 brilliant than those of the ones which are confined 

 to the tropical parts of the continent. 



Green Tanager of Brazil (T. vircns). The upper 

 parts bright green ; two spots on the cheek, and also 

 the neck, black ; a blue streak from the angle of the 

 gape down the side of the neck ; the smaller coverts 

 of the wings very brilliant bluish-green ; the middle 

 and larger coverts green ; the quills and tail-feathers 

 black, ,vith green borders, the borders with rich re- 

 flections of blue ; the fore neck yellow ; the under 

 part greenish yellow ; the bill and feet brown. The 

 total length six inches. A comparison of the colours 

 of this species with the preceding one will show bet- 

 ter than any writing on the subject the difference in 

 gaiety of colour between a bird of temperate latitudes 

 and a fropical one. 



ORIOLE TANAGERS. These have the bill conical, 

 slightly arched, and notched toward the tip. They 

 are not so numerous as the species of most of the 

 other sections, and the colours of some of them run 

 much upon yellow, which is the chief reason why the 

 name Oriole, or golden bird, has been given them. 



