SILENT TANAGER. 469 



Tanagra albifrons. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 431. 30. 

 Tanagra leucocephala. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 8Q6. 

 Tanagra brasiliensis leucocephalos. Briss. Orn, 3. 35. 20. 

 White-headed Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 243. 40. 



ABOUT the size of T. violacea : beak and legs 

 yellow: forehead white: all the upper parts of 

 the body dusky brown : throat and fore-part of 

 the neck reddish : breast and wings purplish red : 

 belly and vent pale yellow: tail dusky brown. 

 Inhabits the mountainous parts of Brasil. 



SILENT TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra silens.) 



TA. viridis, capite subt usque incana, super ciliis vitta acularifas- 

 ciaque jugulari nigris. 



Green Tanager, with the head and under parts hoary, the eye- 

 brows, stripe near the eyes, and band on the throat black. 



Tanagra silens. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 432. 42. 



L'Oiseau silentieux. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 304. 



Tangara de la Guiane. Buff. PI. Enl 742. 



Silent Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. II. 204. 1. 



THIS solitary bird, is found only in the thick 

 woods of Guiana : it is in length seven inches : 

 its beak and legs are black : its prevailing colour 

 is green, with the head and under parts of the 

 body hoary ; the sides of the head black : the 

 eyebrows and throat white ; the latter with a 

 black crescent beneath : shoulders yellow. 



