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JACARINI T. 
DEsSCRIPTIONe 
FEMALEs 
Place AND 
MANNERS. 
Te WINE A eG TR ai 
Tanagra Jacarina, Lis. Sy. i. p. 314. N° 4. 
Le Tangara noir du Brefiil, Bri/. orn. iii. p. 28. N° 16. 
Le Jacarini, Buf. otf. iv. p. 293. 
Moineau de Cayenne, PI. en/. 224. 
Jacarini, W7/]. orn. p.258.—Edaw. pl. 306. 
IZE of aGoldfinch. Bill thick, afh-coloured : general co- 
lour of the plumage black, witha polifhed glofs, and in fome 
lights reflecting blue and green: the infide of the wings white: 
tail rather forked: legs afh-colour. 
The female is wholly grey : the male alfo becomes grey in the 
time of moulting, and at times its plumage is part grey, part 
black, fo as to give the appearance of a different fpecies. 
Inhabits Brafl, where the natives call it Facarini; by the 
Portuguefe it isnamed Negretto. ‘Is alfo very common at Guiana, 
where it is moftly found on land which is newly cultivated, fre- 
quenting fmall trees, particularly coffee-trees ; and is remarkable — 
for hopping upwards frequently from the branch, firft alighting 
down on one foot and then the other, each leap being accom- 
panied by a not unpleafing note, and f{preading out the tail at 
the fame time *. 
This leaping motion is only made by the male, the female be- 
having like other birds. The neft is hemifpherical in fhape, and 
about two inches in diameter, compofed of dried herbs, of a 
grey-colour. The eggs are two in number, of a greenifh white, 
marked with fimall numerous red .fpots, deepeft and moft in 
quantity at the large end. 
* Hift, des vif. 
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