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YELLOW TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra flava.) 



TA. obscure jtava , abdomine nigro-maculato> collo inferiore pec- 



toreque nigris. 

 Dull yellow Tanager, with the abdomen spotted with black, 



and the under part of the neck and breast black. 

 Tanagra flava. Gmel. Syst. Nat. l. sgQ. Lath. Ind. Oni. I. 



431. 4O. 

 Tangara brasiliensis flava. Briss. Orn. 3. 3Q. 22. Buff. Hist. 



Nat. Ois. 4. 300. pi. 3. 

 Yellow Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 244. 42. 



THIS singular species is the size of a Lark : its 

 beak is black : all the upper parts of its plumage 

 are dark yellow : the lower part of the neck and 

 the breast are black : the belly is spotted with 

 black, and towards the vent is plain dark yellow : 

 the quills and tail are dusky, with green edges : 

 legs cinereous. Inhabits Brasil. 



WHITE-HEADED TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra albifrons.) 



TA .Jusco-nigra, subtusjlavescens, gula juguloque pallide rubris> 



pectore alisque purpureo~rubri$,fronte albo. 

 Brown-black Tanager, beneath yellowish, with the throat and 



jugulum pale red, the breast and wings purple red, the fore- 



head white. 



