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Scent and curious plant, which is faid to form, in its native 

 country, a very large tree. There fecms as much reafon to 

 refer it to Crefcentla as to Tamcium, the calyx not anfwering 

 well to either, and the internal ftrufture of the fruit being 

 unknown. 



TANAEIM, or TenAIBM, in Geoxraphy, a town of 

 Arabia, in the province of Yemen, famous among the 

 Arabian Jews, who had anciently their chief leat, and many 

 confiderable fynagogues in it ; at prefent it is almoft defo- 

 late ; 30 miles S.E. of Sana. 



TANAGA, one of the Fox idands, in the North Pacific 

 ocean, about 40 miles in circumference. N. lat. 53° 20'. 

 E. long. 182° 14'. 



TANAGER, 11 Jiume Negro, in Ancient Geography, a 

 river of Italy, in Lucania, according to Virgil. It has its 

 Source in a mountain called Albufnus, now monte Poftig- 

 lione, and difcharges itfelf into tlie Silanus. 



TANAGRA, a confiderable town of Bccotia, towards 

 the weft, feated on an eminence, at fome diftance from the 

 mouth of the Afopns. In a temple of Bacchus at this town 

 was a fine ftatue of this god, and above, a triton of ad- 

 mirable workmanfhip. Befides the temple of Bacchus, here 

 were temples of Themis, Venus, Apollo, and Mercury. 

 In the moft confpicuous place of this city was the tomb of 

 Corinna, fo famous for her beauty and poetical talents, fo 

 that at Thebes fte gained a prize in preference of Pindar. 

 Here was alfo the tomb of Orion. Paufanias. 



Tanagra, Tanager, in Ornithology, a genus of the order 

 Pafferes ; the characters of which are, that the bill is conic, 

 .icuminated, emarginated, fubtrigonous at the bafe, and in- 

 clining at the apex. Gmehn enumerates forty-fix 



Species. 



Jacapa. Black ; the forehead, neck, and breaft, crim- 

 fon-coloured. This is the jacapu of Maixgrave, the red- 

 breafted blackbird of Edwards, and the red-breafted tanager 

 of Latham. It is found in America. 



Brasilia. Crimfon, with black tail and wings. This 

 is the cardinal of Buffon, and the Brafilian tanager of La- 

 tham. Found in South America. Of this bird there are 

 two varieties, one of which is the rumplefs blue, red, and 

 black Indian fparrow of Willughby. 



Rubra. Red, with black wings and tail, and tail- 

 feathers white at the apex. This is the Canada tanager of 

 Pennant, and the red tanager of Latham. Found in Canada. 

 Of this the fcarlet fparrow of Edwards, or merula brafilienfis 

 of Ray and Willughby, is a variety. 



Jacarina. Violet-black, with wings whitirti beneath, 

 and tail of two divaricated branches. This is a bird of Brafil 

 and Guiana, the jacarini of Marcgrave. 



Violacea. Violet, and the under part very yellow : the 

 teitei of Marcgrave, the golden titmoufe of Edwards, and 

 golden tanager of Latham. A variety of this, found in 

 Brafil, Surinam, and Cayenne, is (hining black, with the ab- 

 domen, breaft, and front pale yellow, and the outer tail- 

 feather having on its inner fide a white fpot. 



Olivacea. Ohve ; the throat and breaft yellow, the 

 abdomen wliite, the quills and tail-feathers brown, with a 

 white margin. This is the olivet of Buffon, and found 

 in Cayenne. 



Gyrola. Green, red-headed, yellow collar, and ceru- 

 leous breaft ; the rouvardin of Buffon, the red-headed green- 

 finch of Edwards, and red-headed tanager of Lathani. 

 Found in various parts of South America. 



Cayana. Yellow, green back, red cap, and black 

 cheeks. A bird of Cayenne, of which there is a variety, 



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underneath golden-coloured, back green and yellow, head 

 ceruleous, wings and tail green. 



Atrata. Siiining black : the black tanager of Latham. 

 Found in India. 



MiiXiCANA. Black, underncatli yelluwini, breaft and 

 rump bhieifh : the black and blue titmoufe of Edwards, 

 and black and blue tanager of Latham. The tangara bar- 

 badenfis ccruk-.i of Briffon is a variety. Found in Cayenne, 

 Guiana, and New Spain. 



Tatao. Violet, black back, yellow rump, green head, 

 and violet breaft and wings: the titmoufe of paradife of 

 Edwards, the paradife tanager of L.itham, and the tang;u-a 

 of Brift'on, Ray, Willughby, and Buffon. Found in 

 Guiana. 



Ai.bikosthis. Black, with a fpot on the wings, and 

 tail yellow, and a wliite beak : the wliite-billed tanager of 

 Latham. Of this there is a variety. It is an American 

 bird. 



Gfi.AKis. Black, beneath white, red head, and purple 

 throat : the rouge-cap of Buffon, and red-headed tanager 

 of Latham. Found in Cayenne and Gui;uia. 



Cayenxekms. Black, both fides of the breaft and under 

 part of the wings yellow. Found in Brafil, Guiana, and 

 New Spain. 



Bhasiliensis. Black, under part white, tliroat and rump 

 blueifli, face and breaft black : the guira-genoia of Marc- 

 grave, the turquin of Buffon, and turquoife tanagiT of 

 Latham. A Brafil fpecies. 



Dominica. BLick-fpotted, above, brown, and below 

 whitifti : called from the place of its refidence, by Latham, 

 the St. Domingo tanager. 



M1LITARI.S. Brown ; breaft, neck, throat, and ftioul- 

 ders fanguineous : the military tanager of Latham, and 

 greater bulfinch of Edwards. Found in South America. 



Grisea. Grey-olive, under grey, with wings and tail 

 black, grey at their margin. Found in Guiana and Loui- 

 fiana. 



Ei'iscopus. Cinereous, with wings and tail externally 

 blueilh : the biftiop tanager of Latham. Found in Cayenne. 

 Sayaca. Hoary, with blueifti wings : the fayacu of 

 Marcgrave. Found rarely in Cayenne. 



Punctata. Green, pointed with black ; under yel- 

 lowidi-whitiftl : the fyacoa of Buffon, fpotted green titmoufe 

 of Edwards, and fpotted tanager of Latham. Found in 

 Cayenne. 



ViiiENS. Green, under yellowifti, cheeks and throat 

 black : the green tanager of Latham. Found in New 

 Spain, Peru, ajid Brafil. 



MississiPENsis. Wholly red : the Miffiffippi tanagor of 

 Latham. Of this fpecies there arc two varieties ; one found 

 on the river Miffiffippi, and the other in New Spain. 



Cristata. Blackilh, golden creft, throat and rump 

 yellow : the houppette of Buffon, and crefted tanager of 

 Latham. Found in Guiana. 



jEstiva. Red, bill yellowilh : the fummer red-bird of 

 Catefby and Edwards, and fummer tanager of Pennant and 

 Latham. Found in Carolina and Virginia. 



Magva. Olive-brown ; under rcddifti ; legs, front, and 

 temples blueifti ; vent-featliers and tliroat red, and the middle 

 of the throat white : the grand tanager of Latham. Found 

 in Guiana and Cayenne. 



CvERULEA. Blueifti, black bill, and light-red legs : the 

 blue tanager of Latham. A Cayenne bird. 



Variabili';. Green, partly blueifti and partly brown, 

 black band about the eye, quills and tail-feathers black, with 

 green margins : variable tanager of Latham. 



K Tricolor. 



