14 TANAGER. 



13.— BLACK-HEADED TANAGER. 



Tanagra atricapilla, lnd. Orn. i. 224. Gm. Lin. i. S99. 



Le Mordore, Buf. iv. 255. 



Tangara jaune a tete noire, PL enl. S09. 2. 



Black-headed Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 224. Shaw's Zool. x. 443. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill stout, dusky black ; head, wings, 

 and tail, fine glossy black, on the inner edge of the wing a dash of 

 white ; the rest of the body fine rufous orange, (mordore) deepest on 

 the fore part of the neck and breast ; the tail is rounded at the end ; 

 legs brown. 



Inhabits Guiana, where it is rare. 



14— FURROW-CLAWED TANAGER. 



Tanagra striata, lnd. Orn. i. 423. Gm. Lin. i. 899. 



L'Onglet, Buf.iv. 256. 



Lindo bleu, dore, et noir, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 94. 



Furrow-clawed Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 224. Share's Zool. x. 479. 



LENGTH seven inches, breadth eleven ; head striped black and 

 blue ; upper part of the back black, the lower bright orange ; upper 

 tail coverts olive brown ; upper wing coverts, quills, and tail black, 

 edged with blue ; under parts yellow ; claws singularly constructed, 

 each being furrowed on the sides, parallel to the edge. 



The female has the head and wing coverts blue, mixed with 

 brown ; neck behind, lesser wing coverts, half the back, and two 

 middle tail feathers gilded brown ; greater coverts, quills, and tail, 

 dull brown, edged with blue ; fore part of the neck rufous orange ; 

 throat and beneath light brown, darker on the sides. 



Inhabits South America ; not unfrequent about Paraguay ; and 

 a few at Buenos Ayres. The females seem to be more numerous 

 than the males ; but this may be deception, perhaps from both sexes 

 appearing like females while young. 



