TACHYPHONUS CRISTATUS, Vieillot. 



Crested Tanager. 



PLATE XXX. 



Mas. Niger ; crista rubra ; mento uropigioque fnlvis ; scapularibus tectricibusquc 



interioribus albis. 

 Fcem. Corpore castaneo subtus pallidior. 



Tanagra cristata, Gm. Linn. ii. p. 898. — Lath- Ind. Orn. i. p. 422. 

 Haupette, Buff. PL Enl. 7- fig- 2. — Desmarest, Hist. Nat. des Tanagres, pi. 47. 

 Crested Tanager, Lath. Gen. Hist, of Birds, vol. vi. p. 11. No. 10. 

 Tacrryphonus cristatus, Swains. Brand's Journ. No. xxxix. p. 66. 



X he length of the adult male is about six inches and a quarter. The 

 head is furnished with a broad lengthened crest of very deep shining red- 

 dish-orange feathers, rather paler immediately on the forehead ; a narrow 

 strip on the chin and throat, and the rump are yellowish wood-brown ; the 

 feathers immediately covering the shoulders, and those in the axilla, are 

 pure white ; the rest of the plumage is very deep blackish-brown, a little 

 paler on the under parts ; the legs and feet are yellowish-brown. The 

 female is rather less in size, and is entirely destitute of a crest : the upper 

 parts are dark yellowish-brown, and are shaded into a lighter tint on the 

 breast and belly, having also on those parts a greater mixture of ochre-yel- 

 low : the quills and tail are nearly umber-brown, with the edges inclining 

 to chesnut. The young males for the first year resemble the females, and 

 by degrees attain the full plumage ; the crest is not indicated, except by 

 a slight elongation of the feathers. The lower figure on the accompany- 

 ing Plate is that of a young male in a state of change. 



We have now figured this well-known species, both as an example of 

 Vieillot's genus Tachyphonus, and to show the change which is under- 

 gone by the males before they arrive at maturity. It is a species belonging 

 to the extensive Linnean genus Tanagra, and, with a few others, was first 



