504 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



about twice tlie length of the ex[)osed culnieii. Coloration : male 

 and female diHerent. 



Keij to the Species. 



A. Crown of head uniform bright green, in 



fontr.ist to the back,, which is velvety 



black T. 2>ar(utisea, p. 504. 



B. Crown of head green, with black centres 



to the feathers like the back. 

 h'. Smaller, wing less than 7U mm. 



h". Abdomen whitish T. jnnicfafa, -p. 50o. 



c". Abdomen yellow T. xan/fiof/astra, ]). 506. 



c' . Larger, wing more than 70 nun T. rjuftaia, ]). 507. 



C. Crown of head copper-bronze ; back 



straw-yellow T. cai/ana, p. 508. 



T). Crown of head chestnut ; back green ... ll f/f/rol a, 'p. 510. 



E. F()re part of crown dark blue ; nape 



and hind-neck black like the upper 



back T. mrxicana, p. 51 1. 



F. Fore part of crown ])ak' lavender-blue 



like the nape and hind-neck, in contrast 



to the upper back, which is black T. ntgrocincfa, p. 512. 



G. Crown of head, nape, and hind-neck 



black in contrast to the back, which is 



iridescent j)ale olive-green T. iciii/cli//, p. 51^. 



OGCk Tangara paradisea. 

 Paradise Tanager. 



£Iiie Tifmouae of Favadise Edwards' Glean. Nat. Hist. iii. p. 2S9, 



pi. 849, 1759 (Guiana). 

 Ac/l aid paradisea Swains. Classif. 13. ii. p. 28G, 1S27 (Guiana). 

 C'allos/)izn faiao (nee Linn.) Cab. in Scliomb. lleis. Ciuian. iii. p. G09, 



IS 19. 

 CalUste taiao (nee Linn.) Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 209 (Koraima, 3000- 



4000 ft., Merume INIts., Bartica Grove) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



xi. p. 96, 188G (Koraima, Merume Mts.). 

 Tangara paradisea Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 404, no. 4153, 



1912. 



A(hdt male. Fore part of head and sides of face pale grass- 

 green with golden reflections, the feathers being minutely .small 

 give a scaly appearance ; hind-neck, sides of neck, upper back, 

 scapulars, greater upper wing-coverts, inner secondary-quills, and 

 b'Ug upper tail-coverts velvety black, like the middle of the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts ; lesser upper wing-coverts, 

 breast, sides of body, and flanks dark turquoise-blue ; throat and 



