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Saltator AtricolUs, Spix, Braz. t. 56, f. 2, $ . Tana- 

 gra Gugidaris, Licht. Hahia Gola JYegra, Azara, 

 n. 42, Vieil. 



Above brownish, beneath ferrugineous ; tail ferrugineous 

 beneath, obscurely banded ; cheeks, throat, and crop 

 black ; quills whitish ; bill thick, yellowish ; body 

 seven inches and three quarters; tail three and three 

 quarters long. Brazil. 



The True Tanagers. 



The bill conical, shorter than the head ; broader 

 than high ; upper jaw acute, arched. 



Paradise Tanager, Tanagra Talao, Lin. Edw. t. 349. 

 PI. Enl. t. 7, 1, and t. 1 27, t 2. Desm. 1. 1. 



Violet, back black ; rump fulvous ; head green ; chest 

 and wings violet ; quills and tail black ; female, rump 

 orange. Brazil. 



Green-headed Tanager, Lath. 29. Tanagra Tricolor, 

 Gm. PL Enl. t. 33, f. 1. Desm. t. 3, t. 4. 



Shining green, beneath yellowish-green ; wing coverts 

 violet ; face and upper part of the back black ; rump 

 fulvous, — ^Var. Crown and throat violet ; and an orange 

 band from each eye over the nape. Cayenne. 



Black and Blue Tanager, Lath. 23. Tanagra Mexi- 

 cana, Lin, T. Flaviventris, Vieil. PI. Enl. t. 290, 

 t. 2. 155, 1. Edw. t. 350. Desm. t. 5. 



Black, beneath yellowish ; crown, chin, chest, and 

 rump blue ; sides, black and blue, spotted ; length five 

 inches. South America, Blue-shouldered Tanager, 

 Lath. T. Virens, Lin. is perhaps the young. 



