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' VIOLET TANAGER, 

 (Tanagra bonariensis.) 



TA. atro-vwlacea, alls caudaque viridwiitentibus, 

 Dark-violet Tanager, with the wings and tail shining green* 

 Tanagra bonariensis. Gmel, Syst, Nat. 1. QQ&.Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 439. 36. 

 LeTangario. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. MLBuff, PL Enl. 



Violet Tanager. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 3. 222. 9. 



THE male of this species has a stout dusky 

 black beak: the prevailing colour of the plumage 

 is an intense violet, appearing nearly black ; the 

 wings and tail are glossed with greenish : the legs 

 are blackish : the female has her head black, with 

 a polished steel gloss ; the rest of her plumage is 

 dull brown, with the upper parts of her body and 

 rump slightly glossed with black : length of the 

 two sexes about eight inches. Native of Buenos 

 Ayres, 



GREEN-HEADED TANAGER, 

 (Tanagra tricolor.) 



TA. viridis splendens, suit us viridi-Jtavescens, tectricibus alarum 

 violaceis, capistro dorsoque superiore nigris, uropygiojulvo. 



Shining green Tanager, beneath yellowish green; with the wing- 

 coverts violet ; base of the beak and upper part of the back 

 black; rump fulvous. 



