296 CASSIN'S DESCRIPTIONS OF 



Two specimens (S and 9 ?) formed part of the highly interesting collection made 

 by Mr. William S. Pease, in Mexico ; a third specimen, in more adult plumage, was 

 previously received from Mr. Edward Wilson, who obtained it in Paris. The three 

 specimens are now in the collection of the Academy. 



TANAGRA, Linn. 



PI. 41, fig. 3. 



T. NiGKo-AuuiTA, nobis.* Capite supra, mento, gulaque coccineis. Vitta lata, a naribus per oculos ad 

 aures nitente nigra. Corpore supra, alis, caudaque, cinero-nigris ; infra, a pectore usque ad crissum 

 albis. 



Long. tot. (exuvice) a rostri apice usque ad finem caudse, 6^ poll., aloe 3 1-10, caudae 2 8-10 pollices. 



Hab. Rio Negro, America australi. 



Superior and point of inferior mandible black; remaining portion of the inferior mandible yellow. Head 

 above, chin and throat, crimson, which color ends in a point upon the breast. Head crested. A broad 

 stripe from the base of the bill through the eye to the ear, glossy black. This stripe completely 

 separates the crimson of the upper part of the head from that of the throat. Upper surface of the 

 body, wings and tail, cinereous black. Entire under parts (from the breast) white. Legs (in skin) 

 nearly black. 



Total length (of skin) from tip of bill to end of tail about 62 inches, wing 3 1-10, tail 2 8-10 inches. 



Hab. Rio Negro, South America. 



This bird has the same general appearance as Tanagra gularis, Linn., and 

 T. capitata, D'Orbigny. From either of those species it may at once be distinguished 

 by its black nares and ears, and also by its having the throat and point upon the 

 oreast of the same crimson exactly as the crest, without the slightest appearance of 

 the purple into which the crimson changes upon the breast in both the species 

 mentioned. 



Several specimens of this curious species have been sent from Europe by Mr. 

 Edward Wilson, to whose remarkably valuable additions to the collections of this 

 Academy, I have so frequently had occasion to allude. I have seen several other 

 specimens brought from the Rio Negro, in a collection made by a gentleman formerly 

 resident at Para. 



*From Proceedings Acad. Nat. Sci., of Philadelphia, Vol. IV. page 85, October, 1848. 



