TANAGER. 2.9 



34.— VIOLET TANAGER. 



Tanagra Bonariensis, hid. Orn. i. 430. Gm. Lin. i. 898. 



Le Tangavio, Buf. iv. 241. PI. enl. 710. 



Violet Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 222. Shaw's Zool. x. 450. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill stout, dusky black; the plumage 

 deep violet, with a greenish tinge on the wings and tail, but at first 

 view appearing black ; legs blackish ; claws strong and large. 



The female has a black head, with a polished steel gloss ; the 

 rest of the plumage dull brown, and a slight gloss of black on the 

 upper parts of the body and rump. 



Inhabits Buenos Ayres, in South America. 



35— TURQUOISE TANAGER. 



Tanagra Brasiliensis, Ind. Orn. i. 424. Lin. i. 316. Gm. Lin. i. 895. Bris. iii. 9. 



1. 1. f. 4. Id. 8vo. i. 306. Klein, 97. 8. 

 Tangara bleu du Brazil, Le Turqvtin, Buf.iv. 258. PI. enl. 179. 1. 

 Hotototl, seu avis spicae Mayzii, Raii, 170. 

 Guirajenoia, Will. p. 174. Id. Engl. 241. §. IIT. 

 Turquoise Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 225. Shaw's Zool. x. 453. 



SIZE of a Chaffinch ; length six inches. Bill blackish ; head, 

 fore part of the neck, and lower part of the back, cinereous blue ; 

 neck behind, upper part of the back, and round the bill, black ; on 

 the breast a spot of the same ; tail and legs black. 



Some of these birds are white beneath. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



