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AVES. 



Genus 4. — TANAGRA. — Linnaus. 



Genetic Character.— Bill short, strong:, triangular at the base, earinated 

 above, greatly compressed, aud bent at the tip ; upper mandible notched, 

 and projecting beyond the lower one, edges inflected ; under mandible 

 straight, gibbous in the middle ; nostrils basal, lateral, rounded, partly 

 hidden by protruding feathers ; tarsus same length as the middle toe ; ex- 

 ternal toe connected at its base, the internal one free ; second aud third 

 quills longest. 



Tanagra atra — The Black Tanager. Plate xxxiv. fig. 3. Head and neck 

 black, the other parts dark ash.colour ; quills and tail of a deeper blue ; legs 

 and bill black. Seven inches long. Inhabits Guiana. 



Genus 5 SALT ATOR.— VieiUot. 



Generic Character.— BiW thick at the base, robust, convex above, laterally 

 compressed, and flattened at the sides ; upper mandible arcuated, covering 

 the sides of the lower mandible, curved, and notched at the point ; lower 

 mandible straight, somewhat shorter than the upper one ; nostrils basal. 

 Email, and open; middle toe united to the base of the exterior one, the in- 

 terior quite free ; wings of medium length, the first and fourth quills longer 

 than the rest. 



Saltator olivaceus. — The Olive Saltator. Plate xxx. fig. 1. Crown, back, 

 and tail, olive-green; cheeks and jogulum slate-gray; chin white, with a 

 black stripe between it and the jugulum ; venter and crissiun deep ochre- 

 yellow, approaching to fawn-colour ; a white list over the eyes ; irides 

 orange; bill gray ; legs dusky-yellow. 



Genus C — PLOCEUS.— Ca»ier. 



Generic Character. — Bill strong, forming an acute cone, sharp, inflected, 

 and compressed at the point, without a notch ; edges of the mandibles in- 

 llected ; nostrils basal, placed high in the bill, ovoid, and open ; tarsus same 

 (•eugth as the middle toe ; the three anterior toes adhering at the base ; the 

 fourth quill longest. 



Ploceus PhiHppinus. — The Philippine Weaver. Plate xxxiv. fig. 4. Brown 

 above, whitish-yellow beneath ; crown of the head aud breast dull sulphur- 

 yellow ; throat burnt uraber.browu. Five inches and a quarter long. Inha- 

 bits the Philippine Islands. 



Genusl. — LOXIA. — Brisson. 



Generic Character. — Bill elongated, strong, and considerably depressed ; 

 both mandibles equally convex, and crossing each other at the points, 

 when closed ; nostrils round, lateral, and basal, hid by reflected lian! 

 nuchal feathers; the anterior toes quite free; first quill feathers longest; 

 tail forked. 



Loxia curvirostra. — The Common Crossbill. Plate xxxiv. fig. 5. Upper 

 aud under parts tile-red, intermixed with yellowish-gray ; quills and tail 

 bluish black, margined with cream-yellow ; legs and toes brown. Six inches 

 long. Inhabits north of Europe and America. 



Gereus 8.— PSITLI ROSTRA. —re;Hj«?nfyt. 



Generic Character.— BiW short, greatly hooded, gibbous at the base ; upper 



