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42. 
YELLOW T. 
DEscRIPTION. 
Prack. 
43. 
AMBOINA T. 
DeEscRIPTIONe 
Puace. 
GAS IN MORAY TAG BY BRS 
Le Tangara jaune du Brefil, Bri. orn. ili. p. 39. 22.. 
Guiraperea, Raii Syn. p. 89. 4.—Will. orn. p. 256. 
IZE of a Lark. Bill fhort, thick, and black: all the upper 
parts, and the lower belly, dark yellow, like wax: the fore 
parts, to the breaft black: the belly fpotted with black: quills, 
and tail, dufky, edged with fea-green: legs afh-colour.. 
Inhabits Brafil. 
Buffon * thinks it more like a Finch. Perhaps it may be al- 
lied to the Ye//ow Finch of Bancroft +, which he fays has a bill 
like the Blue Finch ; the body of a lively yellow; but the quills, 
and tail, variegated with green. 
In compliance with Briffon, I retain it among the Tanagers. 
Le Tangara bleu-d’Amboine, Bri/. orn. ili. p. 12: 50 
Avis Amboinenfis, Ca/atti dita, Seba, i. p. 63. pl. 38. f. 6. 
I ZE of a Lark: length fix inches and three quarters. Crown 
of the head black: the reft of the upper parts variegated with 
black and blue: rump, and upper tail coverts, pale blue green: 
cheeks, and beneath to the breaft, blue: belly, thighs, and vent, 
white: upper wing coverts blue, marked with a fpot of purple: 
quills variegated with blue, black, and green: tail brown, tipped 
with pale rufous, inclining to grey. 
Inhabits Améoina. 
© Hifi. des vif. iV. Pe 3000 + Hifi. of Guiana, p. 180. 
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