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is less, and she has not the power of elevating the tail, 

 which is arched ; the two middle feathers are not 

 lengthened, and do not possess the broad webs as in 

 the male, but the other feathers resemble those of that 

 sex, except the two outer ones, which are prolonged 

 into a point by the elongation of the shaft : all the 

 upper parts of the plumage are dull brown, and each 

 feather is edged with reddish-brown : the throat is 

 white : the half belt on the neck is indicated by a 

 red mark : the rest of the under parts is reddish- 

 white and isabella-colour. 



These curious birds fly with great celerity : they 

 affect the open places in the neighbourhood of waters, 

 perching upon the rushes and aquatic plants, and do 

 not penetrate the woods, or rest upon trees or bushes. 

 The males are solitary, but the females are rather 

 gregarious : the former frequently mount vertically 

 into the air, flapping their wings and elevating and 

 depressing their tail, and usually dart down from the 

 height of twenty or thirty feet to their resting-place. 



GENUS LXII.— VIREO, Vieillot. 



Beak short, a little robust 

 and laterally compressed, 

 its tip bent down: the 

 lower mandible with its 

 edges straitened, its tip 

 recurved. 



Rostrum breve, paulo ro- 

 bustum et lateratim com- 

 pressum, apice aduncum : 

 mandibula inferior mar- 

 ginibus constrictis, apice 

 recurvata. 



Les Tang a it a s-Lo riots. Cuvicr. 



Sp. 1. Vi. cristatus. 



Tanagra cristata. Slcph. r. x. p. -1/8. — Guiana 



