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none of the bright carmine of the male, but is brown, with rosy 

 reddish rump and abdomen. 



Magpie Tanager (Cissopis liveriana). 



For want of authentically labelled hens, I have been unable to 

 indicate any difference in the sexes of this species. 



Black-headed Tanager (Schistochlamys atra). 



The beak of the female is broader in the middle, less gradually 

 tapered, and with shorter terminal tooth than that of the male. 

 In plumage the sexes are very similar. 



Orange-billed Tanager (Saltator aurantiirostris). 



In the female the beak is broader from base to middle than in 

 the male. She is a little duller in colour j the black collar uniting 

 the stripes at sides of throat is wanting ; her eyebrow streak 

 remains permanently fulvous, and I believe the beak never becomes 

 orange ochreous as in the male. 



The Allied Saltator is rarely imported. 



Fasciated Tanager (Diucojris fasciata). 



The beak of the female is much wider from base to middle than 

 in the male. I can discover no difference of plumage in the sexes. 



Fuliginous Tanager (Pitylus fuliginosus). 



I am unable to ascertain anything definite about the sexes of this 

 species for want of authentically labelled males. Dr Sclater says 

 that the female is " scarcely darker on the throat and breast, and 

 not quite so bright." 



Chapter VI. 



TRUE FINCHES (Frmgillidoe). 



I shall begin with the foreign species of the subfamily 

 Fringillince. 



Chaffinches (Fringilla). 



These are the most typical of the Fringilline Finches, and it is 

 always a puzzle to me how it ever came to pass that bird-catchers 

 and small dealers have always regarded the Goldfinch as typical. 

 The sexes of the Chaffinches, apart from their distinctive colouring, 

 can readily be recognised by "the form of the beak ; that of the cock 



