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RED-BREASTED RAMPHOPIS. 

 (Ramphopis Jacapa.) 



RA. atra,frontcjugulo pectoreque coccineis. 



Dark-coloured Ramphopis, with the jugulum and breast scarlet. 



Tanagra Jacapa. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.313. 1. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 888. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 410. 1. 

 Cardinalis purpurea. Briss. Orn. 3. 4Q. 2p. pi. 3.f. 2. 

 Le Cardinal pourpre. Euff. 1% Enl. 128. f. 1. 2. 

 Le Bee d'argent. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 259- 

 Red-breasted Tanager. Edwards.pl. 267. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 



2!4. 1. 



THIS species of Tanager is abundant in Cayenne, 

 Guiana, Mexico, and other parts of America, 

 within the tropics : it is a very sociable bird, and 

 frequents gardens and such like places, generally 

 in pairs : the female constructs a cylindrical nest, 

 composed of dried leaves and fibres, and lined 

 with large leaves ; it has the opening beneath, 

 and is attached to the horizontal branch of some 

 low trees: the female lays two white eggs, marked 

 at the larger ends with small dull red spots. 



The bird is described as the size of a Sparrow, 

 and being in length six inches and a half: its 

 beak is black, with the base rather lighter, 

 and rounded with a silvery gloss: the irides are 

 brown : the prevailing colour of the plumage is 

 black, with a strong purplish cast, the chin, throat, 

 and breast, excepted, which are fine crimson, as 

 is also the forehead in some individuals: legs 



