42 TANAGER. 



Wing, from the shoulder, four inches and seven-eighths ; a few hairs 

 about the nostrils and gape ; over the eye a broad white mark ; head 

 black; plumage above cinereous lead-colour, beneath deep mahogany 

 purple; outer toe connected with the middle to the first joint. 



Another, supposed to be a young bird. Head, neck, and all 

 beneath ash-coloured ; the wings black ; between the bill and eye a 

 black spot; the quills reach three-fourths on the tail : the length of 

 this bird only seven inches, and extent of wing sixteen and a half: 

 bill, legs, &c. as in the others. I have also seen one, with all but 

 the two middle tail feathers white at the ends, but the outmost only 

 on the inner web. 



56.— WHITE-BELLIED TANAGER. 



LENGTH seven inches and a quarter; extent of wing seventeen 

 and a half. Bill very stout, three quarters of an inch long, diameter 

 at the base three-eighths of an inch, colour blue; general colour of 

 the plumage black; all beneath, from the throat, and rump white; 

 tail three inches long, even at the end, tips of the feathers fringed 

 with white ; the wings reach a trifle beyond the end. 



Inhabits New-Holland : in the collection of the late Mr. Thomp- 

 son, of St. Martin's Lane, London. 



57— RED-SIDED TANAGER. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill stout, yellow ; upper parts 

 of the plumage in general lead-colour, beneath white; the eye sur- 

 rounded with black, finishing in a point before and behind ; sides of 

 the body, next the wings, tinged with pale, but glowing, red ; tail 

 nearly even, deep ferruginous ; legs stout, yellow. 



Inhabits India, known there by the name of Sanahi. 



