10 TANAGER. 



8.— LOUISIANE TANAGER. 



Tanagra Ludoviciana, Louisiane Tanager, Amer. Orn. iii. pi. 20. f. 1. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill yellowish horn-colour, edges of the 

 upper mandible rugged, as in others of the Genus. Shape of the 

 body like that of the Red Species ; fore part of the head, and beyond 

 the eyes light scarlet ; back, wings, and tail black ; greater wing 

 coverts tipped with yellow ; the next superior row wholly yellow, 

 forming a bar ; neck, rump, tail coverts, and the whole of the under 

 parts greenish yellow ; tail slightly forked, the edges of the feathers 

 whitish, or very pale ; legs light blue. 



In one, supposed to be a female, or young bird, the wings and 

 back were brownish ; it was also less in size. 



Inhabits the extensive plains of the Missouri, between the Osage 

 and Maudan nation, and feeds on various kinds of berries : the nest 

 found in low bushes, and often among the grass. 



In the work above emoted, this bird is distinguished from the 

 Red, or Scarlet Tanager ; yet, from the description, it seems greatly 

 to approach to that species. 



9 — GRAND TANAGER, 



Tanagra magna, Ind. Orn.i. 422. Gm. Lin. i. S90. 



Le grand Tangara, Buf. iv. 236. pi. 11. Desm. Tang. pi. 43. 



Tangara des grand bois, PL enl. 205. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxx. 



L'Habia a sourcils blancs, Voy. a" 1 Azara,\\\. No. SI. S2? 



Grand Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 220. Shaw's Zool. x. 442. 



SIZE of a Thrush ; length eight inches and a half. Bill stout, 

 brown; upper parts of the body olive brown ; fore part and sides of 

 the head blue ; over the eye a streak of white; on each side of the 

 lower mandible a black one, like a whisker ; the throat red, in the 

 middle of it a white spot ; the rest of the under parts pale red ; vent 



