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RUFOUS-HEADED TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra cayana.) 



dor so viridi, pileo rufo, genis nigris. 

 Fulvous Tanager, with a green back, red crown, and black 



cheeks. 

 Tanagra cayana. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 315. 8. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 892. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 427- 25. 



Tanagra cayanensis viridis. Briss. Orn. 3. 21. 12. pL 4.f. 3. 

 Le Passevert. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 4Q4. and 4. 273. 

 Passe-vert a tete bleue. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 275. ? k 

 Moineau a tete rousse. Buff. PI. Enl. ZOl.f. 2. male. 

 Tangara a tete rousse. Buff. PI. Enl. 2QO.f. 1. female. 

 Rufous-headed Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 231. 26. 



THIS species, which is rather variable in its 

 plumage, is generally about four inches in length : 

 its beak and legs are dusky : the crown is rufous: 

 cheeks black: the back part of the neck, the 

 lower part of the back, and the rump, are pale 

 golden yellow, with a gloss of green in certain 

 positions : the rest of the back, the scapulars, and 

 upper tail-coverts, are green : throat blue grey : 

 the under parts of the body varied with pale golden 

 yellow, rufous, and slate colour, in different lights : 

 the quills and tail are brown, with golden green 

 margins: the female has the upper parts of the 

 plumage plain green, and the under dull yellow, 

 with a slight green tinge : this bird varies in having 

 the red on the top of the head much more extensive 

 in some individuals than in others ; it also varies in 

 being tinged with rufous on the .breast and belly j 



