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chin, and fore part of the neck black, ending in a point at the breast; 

 the rest of the plumage ash-colour, paler beneath ; quills and tail 

 deepest, the last rounded at the end ; legs dusky. 



In the female the head and fore parts are brown, where the male 

 is black; and the upper parts of the body pale yellowish ash-colour; 

 beneath paler than above. 



Inhabits the open parts of Guiana, and Cayenne ; but is not 

 common. 



12— HOODED TANAGER. 



MALE. 



Tanagra pileata, Ind. Orn. i. 423. Gm. Lin.'i. 898. 

 La Coiffe noire, Buf. iv. 284. PI. enl. 720. 2. Desm. Tan. pi. 41. 

 Le Bee en poincjon bleu et blanc, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 105. 

 Hooded Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 223. Shaw's Zool. x. 443. 



SIZE of a Hedge Sparrow ; length about four inches. Bill 

 dusky ; top of the head and sides black, passing down on each side 

 of the neck, ending in a point near the wing; between the bill and 

 eye a small white spot; the rest of the upper parts of the neck, body, 

 wings, and tail, bluish ash-colour, deeper on the two last ; beneath 

 as far as the breast white, from thence to the vent greyish, or silvery 

 white ; legs dusky. 



FEMALE. 



Tangara Brasiliensis cinerea, Bris. iii. 17. Id. 8vo. i. 308. 

 Tijepiranga 2da Species, Rail, 89. Will. 184. Id. Engl. 251. 



Size of the other, but wants the black on the head ; the upper 

 parts wholly bluish ash-colour ; the under white. 

 These inhabit Guiana and Brazil. 



