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Var. A. 
DESCRIPTION. 
PLAceEe 
2. 
Var. Be 
DescRiPTION. 
TEeLVAY Nib Ans By, Re 
length, and black, except the under mandible, which is white 
half-way from the bafe: the whole body is of a fine crimfon, ex- 
cept the thighs, which are black: the leffer wing coverts black 
mixed with crimfon: the reft of the wing coverts, quills, under 
wing coverts, tail, and legs, of a full black: the bafe of all the 
feathers is alfo black, only the ends being crimfon. 
This is the defcription of Briffon. ¢ 
In the birds that have fallen under my infpection, I find the 
colour of the plumage to be brilliant, and the feathers about the 
head and neck of a velvety texture; the bafe of the under man- 
dible continued backwards quite under the eyes, as in the former 
{pecies. ; 
This bird inhabits Mexico, Brafil, and other parts of South 
America, and, according to our opinion, never yet was feen inCa- — 
nada, though Buffon is of a contrary opinion. It is rare in our ca- 
binets, in comparifon with the following fpecies, or Red Tanager. 
Le Cardinal tacheté, Bri/- orn. ili. p. 44. 
ILL black; under mandible white half-way from the bafe : 
general colour crimfon: breaft, and upper part of the back, 
marked with lunated greenifh {pots: wings, tail, and legs, 
black. 
Inhabits Brafil. 
Cardinal 4 Collier, Brif. orn. iii. p. 45. N° 26. 
Rumplefs blue red and black Indian Sparrow, Will. orn. p. 252. 
ILL black: near the forehead white: general colour crim- 
fon, with two ferni-lunar blue fpots on the fides of the neck : 
wings, 
