GREEN-HEADED TANAGER. 45 1 



Tanagra tricolor. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 891. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



428. 29. 

 Tangara cayanensis varia chlorocephalos. Briss. Orn. Sup. 59. 



pl.4.f.l. 

 Tangara cayanensis varie cyanocephalos* Briss. Orn. Sup. 62. 



pi. 4.f. 2. female. 



Le tricolor. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 276. 

 Tangara varie a tete verte de Cayenne. Buff. PI. Enl. 33. f. 1. 



2. female. ? 

 Green-headed Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 234. 30. 



THE Green-headed Tanager is five inches and 

 a quarter in length ; its beak is black, surrounded 

 with that colour at the base : the head is of a pale 

 sea-green : the upper part and sides of the neck 

 green gold: the upper part of the back black j 

 the lower part and rump orange yellow: the lesser 

 and middle wing-coverts violet blue ; the greater 

 ones greenish black, edged with green on theii 

 outer webs ; quills and tail the same; the lattei 

 with a small violet blue spot on the outer margin, 

 near the tip : chin pale sea-green : throat with a 

 large black spot : fore-part of the neck and breast 

 similar to the chin, with a slight blue bar between 

 them and the black on the throat : belly, sides, 

 thighs, and vent, bright yellowish green : legs 

 lead-coloured : the female ? has the crown of the 

 head and throat violet blue : the sides of the head 

 and back part of the neck orange red: wing- 

 coverts with a yellow band ; in other respects like 

 the first described, except that the wing-covert* 

 are greenish instead of blue. 



