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male of which, when adult, is of a beautiful 

 orange colour, whilst the young males are as 

 brown as the females. 6th. A new species of 

 this same genus, to which M. Cuvier gave the 

 name of rupicola smaragdina, on account of its 

 beautiful green colour : this species was sent us 

 from Java by MM. Diard and Duvaucel, and is the 

 more interesting, as all the others are natives of 

 America. 



At the top of the twenty-first case are many 

 species of the genus tjrannus. These American 

 birds have the same habits with the shrikes, and 

 their courage is still greater ; the females defend- 

 ing their young even against the eagles, and find- 

 ing the means of driving away all birds of prey 

 from their nests. The spoon-billed tyrant (lanius 

 pitangua) of the Brazils, the yellow tyrant from 

 Cayenne {lanius sulfur ace us), and many other 

 species have their plumage of a sulphur yellow, 

 and a red tuft on the head. Below the tyrants 

 are the euphones, from the warmer countries of 

 America. One of the most common species in 

 the West Indies, is called the musician (pipra 

 musica), because it articulates the seven notes of 

 the gamut. After the euphones come the tana- 

 gers, American birds, very agreeably varied in 

 colours : the prettiest species are the tanagra 

 septicolor of Cayenne, the tricolor of the Brazils, 



