MRR IN) ge. MGs ORG 
The females, and young males, differ from the above defcrip- 
tion, as they have not the fiery colour on the lower part of the 
back : the male gains this at a mature age, butit is ever wanting 
in the female, as that part is wholly of an orange-colour, and in 
general the whole plumage is lefs brilliant; not but both males 
and females vary much, as fome of them have been of a bright 
red both on the back and rump, while others have thofe parts 
wholly of a golden yellow. 
This moft beautiful fpecies is pretty common about the inha- 
bited parts of Guiana. It appears in large flocks in the neigh- 
bourhood of Cayenne firft about September, and frequents a 
particular large tree, which is juft then in flower, and as foon as 
the fruit fets, begins its depredations thereon ; it generally ftays 
fix weeks, and then paffes elfewhere, but returns again in April 
and May, at which time the fruit ripens: it is about this tree 
alone that it is found, for it does not frequent others. Thefle 
birds may be kept in a cage; will feed on dread and meal; are 
faid to have no fong, but only a fhort and fhrill note. 
Le Tangara a gorge noire, Buf. oi/. iv. p. 283. 
—— olive 4 gorge noire de Cayenne, P/. en. 720. f. 1. 
T,ENGTH five inches. The upper mandible black; the 
under grey: the head and upper parts of the body olive 
green: the throat black: the breaft orange-colour: fides of the 
neck, and all the under parts of the body, of a fine yellow: the 
wing coverts, quills, and tail, brown, edged with olive: the legs. 
blackifh. ? 
Inhabits Guiana. 
Tanagra 
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FEMALE; 
Piace AND 
MANNERSe 
33° 
BLACK- 
THROATED T. 
‘DESCRIPTIONo 
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