TANAGRIN.E. 
at its ends. Tarsi moderate, as long as the middle toe. Toes moderate and slender, the lateral ones 
unequal, the hind toe long and strong ; the claws short and curved. 
These are peculiar to the warmer parts of South America. They inhabit the moist forests, keeping to the summits 
of the large trees ; they are very active, and are always flying about rapidly in search of then- favourite food, which con- 
sbts of fruits, and buds, &c. 
1. -S.pileata (Gmel.) VieiU. PI. enl. 720. f. 2. 
2. N. verticalis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1840. 227- 
3. ^.favicol/is Vieill. Ency. Meth. 788., Gal. des Ois. t. 75.— 
Tanagra speculifera Temm. PI. eol. 36. f. 1, 2. 
4. N. riificapilhis Vieill. Ency. Meth. 788. 
5. N. sordida D'Orb. & Lafr. Voy. Ame'r. Me'r. Ois. pi. 18. f. 2. 
6. N. nigricollis (Gmel.) Vieill. PI. enl. 720. f. 1. 
7- N.fidvescens Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1844. 420. 
Tanagrella Swains* 
Bill conic, very slender, compressed and lengthened, with the culmen gradually arched to the tip, 
which is emarginated, the lateral margins nearly straight, and the gonys lengthened and gradually 
advancing upwards ; the nostrils basal, lateral, rounded, and partly concealed by the frontal plumes. 
Wings moderate and pointed, with the first quill rather shorter than the second and third, which are the 
longest. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi as long as the middle toe Toes short and slender, the 
latex'al ones equal, the hind toe long and strong ; the claws short and curved. 
1. T.velia (Gmel.) Strickl. — T. multicolor Swains. PI. enl. 669. 
{.3.; Tanagrella tenuirostris 5u;ani*. ; T. cyanomelas Pr. Max. 
2. T. iridina Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1841. 305. 
Calliste Boie.f 
Bill short, slender, much compressed on the sides, the culmen slightly arched to the tip, which is 
emarginated ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and more or less concealed by the frontal plumes. Wimjs rather 
lengthened, with the first quill nearly as long as the second, and the second and third the longest. Tail 
short, and nearly even at the end. Tarsi longer than the middle toe. Toes short and slender, "udth the 
inner toe shorter than the outer ; the claws short and curved. 
These riclily coloured birds are peculiar to the warm and humid foi'ests of South America, where they are generally 
seen on the tops of the high trees and palms. 
1. C. tricolor (Gmel.) Boie, PI. enl. 33. f. 1., PI. col. 215. f. 1. 
2. C.festiva (Shaw) PI. col. 215. f. 2., PI. enl. 33. f. 2., Swains, 
Ornith. Dr. pi. 5., Nat. Misc. pi. 537. — Tanagra tricolor var. Lath. 
Don. Nat. Res. pi. 23. ; Tanagra trichroa Licht. Kittl. Vogels t. 31. 
f. 2. ; Tanagra cyanocephala VieiU. 
3. C. citrinella (Tennn.) PI. col. 42. f. 2., Swains. Ornith. Dr. pi. 
6. — Tanagra elegans Pr. Ma.r. 
4. C. thoracica (Temm.) PI. col. 42. f. 1. 
5. C. gyrola (Linn.) PI. enl. 133. f. 2. — Aglaia chrysoptera 
Swains. 
6. C. Desmarestii. — Aglaia gyrola S«-«!h*, Zool. 111. 11. pi. 28. 
7. C. cayana (Linn.) PL enl. 201. f. 2. 29O. f. 1., Desm. 
Tang. t. 
8. C. peruviana (Desm.) Desm. Tang. t. — Aglaia melanotUB 
Swains. Ornith. Dr. pi. 31. 43. 
9. C. cucnllutu (Swains.) Ornith. Dr. pi. 7. 
10. C. cyanoptera (Swains.) Ornith. Dr. pi. 8. — Tanagra argen- 
tea Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843. 6'9. 
11. C. brasiliensis (Linn.) PI. enl. I79. f. 1. 
12. C. J9«nc/a^fl (Linn.) PI. enL 133. f. 1. 
13. C. tatao (Linn.) PI. enl. 127. f. 2. pi, 7. f. 1. 
14. C. chilensis (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1832. 3. — Aglaia zeni 
D'Orb. Si Lafr. Syn. Voy. Ame'r. Me'r. Ois. pi. 24. f. 2. 
15, Cflava (Lath.) Swains. Zool, 111. n. s. pi. — Tanagra chic- 
roptera Vieill. ? ; Tanagra formosa Vieill. 
1 16. C. nigrncincta (Pr. Bonap.) Proc. Z. S, 1837. 121. 
17. C. Schrankii (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 51. f. 1, 2. — Aglaia 
melanotis Swains. D'Orb. & Lafr. Xoy. Amer, Mer. t, 24. f. 1. 
18. C. ceBruleorephala (Swains.) Two Cent, and a Quarter, 356. 
IQ. C. cyanoventris. — A, peruviana Swains, nec Desm. Two Cent. 
and a Quarter, 3')6. 
i 20. C.fastnosa (Less,) Cent, Zool. t. 58. 
21. C.niexicana (Linn.) PL enl. 290. f. 2. — Tanagra flaviven- 
tris Vieill. 
22. C. albiventris. — T. mexicana var, /S. Lath. PI. enl. 155. f. 1. 
— Blue Tanager, Lath. Hist. 
' 23. C. nigroviridis (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1 843. 69. 
1 24. C. vittata (Temm.) PI. col. 48. 
I 25. C, labradorides (Boiss.) Rev. Zool, 1840, 67. 
26. C. Vassorii (Boiss.) Rev. Zool. 1840. 4., Mag. de Zool. 1841. 
t. 23. 
27. C. Parzudaki (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1843. 97-, Mag, de Zool. 
1843. t. 41. 
28. C. Leclancherii (Lafr,) Mag, Zool, 1841. Ois. t. 42. 
29. C. diaconus (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1 842. 175, 
I 30, C. thalassina Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1844. 419. 
* Mr. Swainson established this division in {Clu.^-t.of Birds, ii. 286.) 1837. 
t Proposed by Boie (/sw) in 1826, Aglaia of Mr. Swainson (1827) is coequal, 
elsewhere, I was induced to propose, in their jilace, Caloxpiza in 1840. 
Having formerly considered these names as employed 
