V CALLISTE FESTIVA. 



THE RED-NECKED TANAGER. 



PLATE V. 



Tang, cayaneusis varia cyanocephalos, Briss. Orn. vi. App. p. 62. 

 Tang, a tete bleue de Cayenne, Buff. PI. Enl. 33. fig. 2 (<? ). 



Le tricolor Buff. H. N. iv. p. 276 (partim). 



Tanagratricolor,var. /3, Gm. S. N. 892. 



Don. Nat. Rep. pi. 23, 

 Tanagra festiva Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 537. 



Tanagra cyanocephala, Vieill. N. D, d'H. N. xxxii. p. 425j Enc. Metlu 



p. 780. 



Temm. PI. Col. 215. fig.2(?). 



Tanagra trichroa .... Licht. Verz. d. Doubl. p. 30. 



Kittl. Kiipf. d. Vog. pi. 31. fig. 1. 



"Tanagra rubricoUis . , Temm." Max. Beit. iii. 456. 



Aglaia cyanocephala . . Sw. Orn. Dr. pi. 5. 



Calliste festiva ...... Gray, Gen. p. 366, sp. 2. 



Bp. Consp. p. 234. 



Sclater, Cont. Orn. 1851, p. 51 ; Tan. Cat. Sp, 

 p. 11. sp. 6. 



Callispiza festiva .... Cab. Mas. Hein. p. 26. 



Tatao festiva Bj?. R. Z. 1851, p. 142; Note s. 1. Tang. p. 16. 



Tangara tricolor, femelle, Desm. Tan. pi. 4. 



Green-headed Tanager, var. A. Lath. G. H. vi. p. 25. 



Mas adultus. Lsete viridis: rostri ambitu et interscapulio nigris: 

 pileo toto nuchaque cum gutture cseruleis : oculorum ambitu 

 et pilei cserulei margine antica thalassinis : regione auriculari 

 cum cello laterali et postico late rubris : alls caudaque nigris 

 viridi limbatis ; tectricibus alarum minoribus nigris aurantio 

 terminatis : alis caudaque nigris : long, tota 5*0, alse 2"5, 

 caudse 1*9 poll. Angl. 



Foemina. Mari similis, sed coloribus dilutioribus ; dorse viridi 

 nigre variegate. 



Although Brissen clearly distinguished this bird from the Calliste 

 tricolor, and described it under a different name, it was carelessly 

 referred by several subsequent authors to a variety ef that species ; 



