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chiefly at the large end. The want of the character of the under 

 mandible in Brisson's plate, and the PL enlnm. may mislead, but 

 Edwards's figure expresses the bird perfectly. As to the reference of 

 Linnaeus to Brisson's Muscicapa,* it is a different bird, of twice the 

 size of the one here described ; and, as it appears to us, belonging to 

 the Chatterers. 



2 —BRAZILIAN TANAGER. 



Tanagra Brazilia, Ind.Orn.u 420. Lin. i. 314 Gm. Lin. i. 888. Boroiosk, iii. 174. 



Shaw's Zool. ix. 241. 

 Loxia Mexicana, Ind.Om.\. 377. Lin. i. 300. Gm.Lin.'i. 848. 

 Coccothraustes Mexicana, Bris. iii. 256. Id. Svo. i. 380. 

 Cardinalis, Bris. iii. 42. t. 3. f. 1. Id. Svo. i. 315. PI. enl. 127. 1. 

 Cardinalis non cristatus, Germ. iii. 335. 2. 

 Avis Mexicana, &c. Seba, i. 101. t. 65. f. 1. 

 Tanagra rudis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xlvii. Mus. Carls, iv. t. 94. 

 Passer erythromelas, Tije piranga, Raii, 87. Will. 183. Id. Engl. 251. § 8. 

 Chiltototl, Raii, 169. 173. 

 Ramphopis Brasilia, Gen. Zool. x. 440. 

 Ramphocele scarlatte, Desin. Tang. pi. 28. 29. 



Passer Indicus porphyromelas, Raii, 87. Will. 183. Id. Engl. 251. § 8. 

 Brasilian Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 215. Nat. Misc. pi. 234. — male. 

 Rude Tanager, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 205. 3. — female. 



A TRIFLE larger than a House Sparrow ; length six inches. 

 Bill black, in the middle a small process, the under mandible white 

 halfway from the base, and continued far backwards; the whole 

 body fine crimson, except the thighs, which are black ; lesser wing- 

 coverts black, mixed with crimson ; the rest of the coverts, quills, 

 tail, and legs, of a full black ; the base of the feathers is also black 

 throughout, only the ends being crimson ; the feathers about the 

 head and neck are rather shorter than the rest, not unlike velvet. 



The female is about the size of the male. Bill pale horn-colour ; 

 plumage above dark brown ; crown of the head darker ; round the 



* Muse. Cayen. nigra, T. ii. 386. tab. 38. f. 3. 

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