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upper parts fine black, mixed with brown ; breast and belly rufous ; 

 greater wing coverts, quills, and tail, black, edged with blue ; legs 

 cinereous. 



Inhabits Surinam, Cayenne, and Guiana : said to be esteemed 

 for food, the flesh being as well tasted as that of an Ortolan. 



A. — Sylvia Surinamensis cserulea, Bris. iii. 536. Id. 8vo. i. 456. 



In this the forehead and rump are gilded; the under parts bluish, 

 and the lower part of the belly chestnut. 



B.— Red-bellied Blue Bird, Edw. pi. 22. Barter. Guian. 182 ? 



This has the bill and legs dark lead-colour ; plumage wholly 

 blue, in different shades, lower part of the back, and belly reddish 

 orange. 



C. — Rouge-gorge, Ferm. Surin. ii. 194. 



This is said to be blackish brown on the back, with the breast 

 and belly crimson — paler in the female. The two latter appear to 

 be Varieties, but the description is too concise for us to form a cer- 

 tainty of it. 



44— BLACK AND BLUE TANAGER. 



Tanagra Mexicana, Lid. Orn. i. 426. Lin. i. 315. Gm. Lin. i. 893. Spalowsk. Vog. i. t. 42. 

 Tangara Cayanensis cserulea, Bris. iii. 6. t. 1. f. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 305. 



— — Diable envheume, Buf. iv. 27. Desm. Tang. pi. 5. 



tachete de Cayenne, PL enl. 290. 2. 



Le Bee en poincon bleu et roux, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 104 ? 



Teoauhtototl, Raii, 170. 



Black and blue Tanager, Gen. Syn.ui. 230. Edw. pi. 350. Shaw's Zool. x. 453. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill black; crown and sides of the head 



and throat, neck, breast, lower part of the back, and rump, fine blue ; 



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