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green. — Inhabits Surinam ; has been supposed to be the Black and 

 blue Tanager, in imperfect feather. 



47— ELEGANT TANAGER. 



Tanagra elegans, Maxim. Trav. i. p. 160. 



IN this the head is deep yellow ; back black, with yellow stripes ; 

 throat and breast greenish azure; belly and sides green. 



Inhabits Brazil ; appears to be a new Species, said to feed on 

 certain trees which bear black berries, and supposed to be their 

 principal food. 



48— BLACK-CROWNED TANAGER. 



Tanagra melanictera, Ind. Orn. i. 423. Gm. Lin. i. 898. Nov. Com. Petr. xix. 465. 



2. t. 13, 14. Nat. Misc. pi. 669. 

 Black-crowned Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 223. Shaw's Zool. x. 444. pi. 40. 



SIZE of the Common Bunting ; length seven inches and a half. 

 Bill livid, the sides of the under mandible bend inwards, and the 

 end of the upper one a little marginated, the base furnished with a 

 few hairs; irides brown; top of the head, and sides beneath the eye, 

 black ; hind part of the neck and back ferruginous brown, changing 

 to rust-colour on the rump ; under parts of the body deep yellow ; 

 quills brown, with whitish edges ; tail a trifle forked, brown, edged 

 with yellowish white ; wings marked with longitudinal whitish 

 streaks, and reach to the middle of the tail; legs dusky flesh-colour. 



The female is dirty ferruginous olive above, spotted with brown, 

 beneath whitish yellow. 



This inhabits the neighbourhood of the Caucasian mountains, 

 and Teflis, in Georgia : frequents the Christ's thorn,* and makes the 



* Rhamnus Paliurus. 



