472 PARADISE TANAGER, 



it is about eight inches in length : its beak is grey 

 brown : the top of its head, nape, and betweei} 

 the shoulders, are blackish : the back and rump 

 are rusty brown : the wings and tail dusky : the 

 breast, belly, and vent, rusty red : the legs ash- 

 coloured. 



PARADISE TANAGEU. 

 (Tanagra Tatao.) 



TA. violacea, dorso m'gro, uropygio Jidvo, capita wnV/z, pectare 



alisque violaceis. 

 Violet Tanager, with a black back, brown rump, green head, 



and violet wings and breast. 

 Tanagra Tatao. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 315. 1 l.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 893. Lath. Lid. Orn. \. 428. 31. 

 Tangara. Briss. Orn. &. 3. 1. pi. l.f. \.-Buff. PI. Enl. f.f. 



1. 127./ 2. 



Le Septicola. Buff. Hist. Nut. Ois. 4. 17g.pl. 13. 

 Titmouse of Paradise. Edwards. 349. 

 Paradise Tanager. Lath. Gen, Syn. 3. 236. 32. 



THIS most elegant species is described in Dr, 

 Latham's Synopsis as being " somewhat less than 

 a Goldfinch : length near six inches : beak black: 

 the upper part and sides of the head yellowish 

 green : the feathers small, and seem distinct from 

 each other : the hind part of the head and neck, 

 the upper part of the back and scapulars, of a 

 velvety black : the lower part of the back and 



