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GRAND TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra magna.) 



Ta. Jusco-olivaceay fronte genisque cceruleh^ striga maxillari 



nigra^ gula crissoque rubris, superciliis maculaque gulce albis. 

 Olive-brown Tanager, with the forehead and cheeks blue; stripe 



near the jaw black; throat and vent red; supercilia and spot 



on the throat white. 

 Tanagra magna. GmeL Syst, Nat. 1. 8gO.—Lath, Lid. Orn. J. 



422. 8, 



Le grand Tangara. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. <23g.pl, 11. 

 Tangara des grands bois de Cayenne. Buff. PI, Enl. 20. 5. 

 Grand Tanager. Lath, Gen. Si/n. 3. 220. 



The Grand Tanager is eight inches and a half 

 in length, and is about the size of the Song Thrush 

 in appearance : its beak is stout and brown : the 

 upper parts of its body are olive brown : forehead 

 and cheeks blue ; line from the gape to the sides 

 of the neck black : eyebrows white : throat, thighs, 

 and vent, red, with a w^hite spot in the middle of 

 the former ; rest of the under parts pale red : 

 quills and tail the same as the upper parts of the 

 body, with the edges of the feathers palest : legs 

 blueish. This bird frequents the thick woods of 

 Guiana, Cayenne, and other parts of South Ame- 

 rica : both sexes are generally observed together: 

 they are called Olive birds, and feed upon small 

 insects and fruits. 



