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Green Tanager, Lath. Tanagra Virens, Lin. 



Above green, beneath yellowish ; lores, cheeks, and 

 throat black ; bill dull black ; feet brown. Brazil. 



Tanagra Chlorocyanea, Vieil. 



Olive green, throat, neck, and middle of belly blue ; 

 bill and feet brown. South America. 



Tanagra Graminea, Spix, Braz. t. 53. 2. 



Green, beneath pale yellow ; quills and tail black ; 

 crown green-edged ; bill finch-like ; throat yellow-green ; 

 feet yellowish ; body four and three quarters ; tail two 

 inches long. Brazils. 



Schrauk's Tanager, Tanagra Schrankii, Spix, Braz. 

 t. 51.1. cf.2. ?. 



Varied black and green, beneath golden ; forehead and 

 lores black ; rump and crown orange ; throat and 

 sides greenish ; bill short, compressed, black ; body 

 four, tail one inch and a half long. Female not yellow- 

 crested ; back duller. Allied to T. Citrinella, PI. Col. 

 Brazils. 



Tanagra Axillaris, Spix, Braz. ii. t. 54. f . 2 $ . 

 Dull ash ; beneath white ; quill and tail blackish, partly 

 banded. 



Tanagra Viridis, Spix, Braz. 48. 2. ^. 

 Green, beneath yellowish ; bill compressed, scarcely 

 thick ; feet yellowish-white ; body six and three quar- 

 ters ; tail three inches long ; whiskers black ; tarsi long, 

 strong ; quills blackish, brown tipt. 



Some are peculiar for their bills being very slender, 

 like the Warblers. 



