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BLACK TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra atrata.) 



TA. air a nitens, dorso subviolaceo. 



park shining Tanager, with the back pale violet. 



Tanagra atrata. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.315. g.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



Sg2.Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 430. 35 

 Black Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 241. 38. 



THIS species is the size of a Thrush, and is 

 wholly of a black colour, with the back glossed 

 with blue : its legs and beak are also black. It is 

 found in the East Indies. 



NEGRO TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra cayanensis.) 



TA. nigra mtida, pectore utrinque alisque subtus flams. 



Shining black Tanager, with the breast on each side and wings 



beneath yellow. 

 Tanagra cayanensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 894. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 430. 34. 



Tanagra cayana, Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 3l6. 14. 

 Tangara cayanensis nigra. Briss. Orn. 3. 29. l^.f. 2.f. 1. 

 Le Tangara Negre. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. l^.Buff. PL 



Enl 114. f. 3. 

 Negro Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 240. 3(5. 



INHABITS Mexico, Brasil, Guiana, and other 

 parts of South America : it is about five inches in 



