20 TANAGER. 



inclining on the back to emerald ; sides of the head yellow-green ; 

 just round the eye bright yellow ; between the bill and eye a black 

 spot; chin, throat, and breast, bluish white; lower belly, vent, and 

 over the thighs, pale green ; under tail coverts pale yellow ; the 

 whole marked with fine black spots, both above and beneath ; or, 

 in other words, the feathers on the upper parts are black, deeply 

 fringed with emerald, and beneath with pale blue ; but the sides of 

 the head, belly, thighs, and vent, are unspotted ; wing coverts and 

 scapulars black, fringed with verditer-green ; quills and tail black, 

 fringed with green ; the quills reach to about one-third on the tail, 

 which is nearly two inches long, and is even at the end, or a trifle 

 divided in the middle ; legs black. 



Inhabits the Isle of Trinidad, from whence a specimen was added 

 to my collection by Mr. Thompson. It is a most beautiful bird ; but 

 we are not without suspicion, that it may be allied to the Spotted- 

 green Species, in its highest state of plumage. 



23.— GREEN TANAGER. 



Tanagra virens, Ind. Orn. i. 426. Lin. i. 317. Gm. Lin. i. 897. 

 Tangara Biasiliensis viridis, Bris. iii. 25. Id. 8vo. i. 510. Buf. iv. 268. 

 Green Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 229. Shaw's Zool. x. 460. 



LENGTH six inches and a quarter. Bill dusky ; head and 

 upper parts green ; between the bill and eyes a black spot, beneath 

 which is a deep blue band, extending the whole length of the under 

 mandible ; throat fine black ; fore part of the neck yellow ; the rest 

 of the under parts yellowish green ; lesser wing coverts glossy sea- 

 green; the others green; quills dusky, with bluish edges; tail the 

 same, but the middle feathers are greenish ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Mexico, Peru, and Brazil. 



