34 TANAGER. 



41.— VARIABLE TANAGER. 



Tanagra variabilis, Ind. Orn. i. 428. Gm. Lin. i. 891. 

 Variable Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 234. Shaw's Zool. x. 456. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill horn-colour; plumage 

 in general green, very glossy, and variable, appearing in some lights 

 blue, in others brown ; between the shoulders much darker than the 

 rest, and towards the rump pale green ; through the eyes a black 

 streak ; quills and tail dusky, edged with green ; legs pale. 



A specimen of this is in the British Museum : the native place 

 uncertain. 



42— GREY-HEADED TANAGER. 



Tanagra Guianensis, Ind. Orn. i. p. 427. 24. Gm. Lin. i. 893. 

 Le Verderoux, Buf. iv. 272. Desm. Tang. pi. 44. 

 Grey-headed Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. p. 231. 25. 



LENGTH about five inches. Bill six lines; plumage green in 

 different shades; on each side of the forehead rufous ; and on each 

 side above this, a band of the same, passing to the back of the head, 

 which is cinereous grey; under parts of the body of this last colour. 



Inhabits the deep forests of Guiana, and is a rare species. 



43— RED-BELLIED TANAGER. 



Sylvia velia, Ind. Orn. i. 256. 



Motacilla velia, Lin. i. 336. Gm. Lin. i. 991. 



Luscinia ex cseruleo et rubro varia, Klein, 75. 15. 



Le Pitpit varie, Buf. v. 341. 



i — bleu de Surinam, PI. enl. 669. 3. 



Tangara varie, Desm. Tan. pi. 2. 



Red-bellied Warbler, Gen. Syn. iii. 504. Shaw's Zool. x. 687. 



SIZE of the Pettichaps. Bill lead-colour, beneath whitish ; 

 forehead bluish green; rump gilded green; plumage on all the 



