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* Variable Tanager, Lath T. Variabilis, Lath. 



Shining-green ; rump greenish j tail blackish ; bill 

 horn-colour ; feet brownish. 



Black-necked Tanager. T. JVigricollis, Vieil. Not. 

 Lath. 



Forehead, sides of head and chin, throat, back, wing, 

 and tail black; crown and back of neck blue; chest 

 and body beneath yellow ; bill black ; feet chestnut. 



Golden Tanager, T. Aurata, Vieil. Lindo Azul, n. 

 99. Azara. 



Forehead, cheeks, chin, quill, and tail-feathers black ; 

 top of head sky-blue ; top of neck and small wing- 

 coverts blue ; back and body beneath blue j bill black ; 

 feet chestnut. Paraguay. 



Tanagra Olivacea, Desm. is the young of T. Rubra. 



The Gross-be\k Tanagers. 

 Bill conical, large, swollen out, higher than broad, 

 back of the upper-jaw rounded. 

 The genus Saltator of Vieillot. 



Grand Tanager, Tanagra Magna, Gm. Saltator 

 Olivaceus, Vieil. Gal. t. 77. PI. En. t. 205. Desm. 

 t. 43. 



Olive-brown ; forehead and cheeks blue ; maxillary 

 streak black ; throat and vent red ; eyebrow and 

 throat-spot white. Brazil. 



Black-faced Tanager, Lath. 10. Tanagra Atra, Gm. 



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