504 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



about twice the length o£ the exposed cuhnen. Coloration : male 

 and female different. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Crown of head uniform bright green, in 



contrast to the back> which is velvety 



black T. paradisea, p. 504. 



B. Crown of head gi-een, with black centres 



to the feathers like the back. 

 v. Smaller, wing less than 70 mm. 



h". Abdomen whitish T. pnncfafa, p. 505. 



e". Abdomen yellow T. xanfJioffastra, Tp. 506. 



c'. Larger, wing more than 70 mm T. guttata, p. 507. 



C. Crown of head copper-bronze; back 



straw-yellow T. cayana, -p. 508. 



D. Crown of head chestnut ; back green ... ^T. gi/rola, -p. 510. 



E. Fore part of crown dark blue ; nape 



and hind-neck black like the upper 



back T. mexicana, p. 511. 



r. Fore part of crown pale lavender-blue 



like the nape and hind-neck, in contrast 



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



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



black in contrast to the back, which is 



iridescent pale olive-green T. whitelyi, p. 513. 



666. Tangara paradisea. 

 Paradise Tanager. 



Blve Titmouse of Paradise Edwardsi' Grlean. Nat. Hist. iii. p. 289, 



pi. 3-19, 1759 (Guiana). 

 AgJaia paradisea Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 286, 1827 (Guiana). 

 Gallospiza tatao (nee Linn.) Cab. in Schomb. Iteis. Guian. iii. p. 669, 



1849. 

 Oalliste tatao ('neo Linn.) Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 209 (Roraima, 3000- 



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



xi. p. 96, 1886 (Eoraima, Meramfi Mts.). 

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



1912. 



Adult 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 

 lung 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 



