GOLDEN TANAGER. 467 



Tanagra violacea. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 314. 5. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 890. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 42Q. 33. 

 Tanagra brasiliensis nigro-lutea. Briss. Orn. 3. 31. 18. pi. 2. 



f. 2. male. 



Le Teite. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 4. 205. 

 Tangara du Bresil. Buff, PI. EnL 114. f. 2. 

 Golden Titmouse. Edwards.pl. 2(33. f. 1. 

 Golden Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 23$. 35. 



THE Golden Tanager is nearly four Indies in 

 length : its beak and legs are black : the forehead 

 and all the under parts of its body are of a rich 

 golden yellow : the rest of the plumage of a violet 

 black, appearing like polished steel : the quills 

 have the bases of their inner webs white : the two 

 middle tail-feathers are black ; the others are 

 black, with their inner webs white at the base: 

 the female has the upper parts of her plumnge 

 olive green : the forehead yellowish : the chin 

 with a spot of yellow : the throat ash-coloured : 

 the rest of the under parts yellowish, with a slight 

 tinge of olive: only the two outer tail-feathers 

 are white at their bases : the legs are brownish : 

 the young bird has the yellow on the forehead 

 very dull : the plumage is blue and olive green 

 mixed ; and the under parts of ^he body' are 

 yellow. 



The nest of this bird is composed of reddish 

 herbs, and is of a hemispherical shape : like the 

 Jacarini Tanager, it commits great depredations m 

 the rice plantations of Cayenne. Surinam, and 

 Brasil : it is often kept in cages by the natives, 



