UED-HEADED TAXAGER. 

 (Tanagra Gyrola.) 



TA. viridis, capite rulro, collarijlavo, pttctore c&rulea. 



Green Tanager, with a red head, yellow collar, and blue breast. 



Tanagra Gyrola. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 315. J.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. SQL Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 427- 2<5. 



Tanagra peruviana viridis. Briss. Orn. 3. 23. 13. pL 4.f. 1, 

 Le Rouverdin. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 280. 

 Tangara de Perou. Buff. PL Enl. 133. 2. 

 Red-headed Greenfinch. Edwards. 23. 

 Red-headed Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 233. 27. 



NOT quite five inches in length : beak and legs 

 pale brown : the prevailing colour of the plumage 

 glossy green : the head entirely rufous : the quills 

 and tail are brown, with green edges, the two 

 middle feathers of the latter excepted, which are 

 green : spot near the shoulders yellow : breast 

 pale blue. Edwards's bird has a complete yellow 

 collar round the neck. It is found in various parts 

 of South America, and frequents large trees, upon 

 whose fruits it feeds : it affects sequestered places. 



