TANAGER. O 



of the head and neck, and a streak over the eye, yellow; upper 

 wing coverts dusky, deeply margined with greenish yellow ; quills 

 dusky, with yellowish edges; tail even, olive, two inches long, 

 colour as the quills, which reach about to one-third ; legs stout, 

 pale ; outer and middle toes united at the base. 



The female has the body yellowish beneath, and the wings and 

 tail coverts dusky. 



Inhabits Cayenne, found also at New York, in North America. 



A.— Olive Tanager, Gen. Syn. Sup. 161. A. 



This is six inches long ; the plumage much the same, but with 

 a white streak in the direction of the lower jaw, as well as one over 

 the eye; lower belly and vent white; legs black. 



Found at New York. — General Davies. 



M. Desmarest mentions an Olive Tanager, which is only three 

 inches long ; general colour olive-grey, paler beneath ; lower belly 

 plain grey. He supposes this to be either an imperfect young bird 

 or a female. He met with it in the Jardin des Plantes, and only 

 heard that it came from Cayenne* 



4— RED TANAGER. 



Tanagra rubra, Ind. Orn.\. 420. Lin.'x. 314. Gm.Lin.'i. 889. 

 Cardinalis Canadensis, Erik. iii. 48. t. f. 5. Id. 8vo. i. 316. 

 Tangara du Canada, Desm. Tang. pi. 34. 



Red Tanager, Gere. Syn. iii. 217. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 237. Amer. Orn. ii. pi. 11. f. 3.4- 

 Shaw's Zool. x. 462. 



LENGTH six inches and a half; extent of wing ten inches and 

 a half. Bill horn-colour; irides cream-colour, plumage in general 

 pale red ; wing coverts black ; quills brown, margined within with 



* See Euphone olive, Desm. Tang. pi. 27. 



