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VIOLET TANAGER. 



(Tanagra bonariensis.) 



Ta. atro-violacea, alis caudaque viridi~7iitentihus , 

 Dark-violet Tanager, with the wings and tail shining green. 

 Tanagra bonariensis. QmeU Sj/st. Nat, 1. 8QB.— -Lath, Ind, Orn. 

 1. 439. 36. 



Xe Tangario. Buf. Hist, Nat. Ois. 4. 24.1,— Buff, PL EnL 

 710. 



Violet Tanager. Lath. Ge7i. S,yn, 3. 222. 9. _ 



The male of this species has a stout dusky 

 black beak : the prevailing colour of the plumage 

 is an intense violet, appearing nearly black ; the 

 wings and tail are glossed with greenish: the legs 

 are blackish : the female has her head black, with 

 a polished steel gloss ; the rest of her plumage is 

 dull brown 3 with the upper parts of her body and 

 rump slightly glossed with black : length of the 

 two sexes about eight inches. Native of Buenos 

 Ayres. 



aREEN- HEADED TANAGER, 

 (Tanagra tricolor.) 



Ta. viridis splendens^ siihtus viridi-Jiavescens, tectricibus alarum 

 violaceis, capistro dorsoque superiore nigris, uropygio Julvo, 



Shining green Tanager, beneath yellowish green ; with the wing- 

 coverts violet ; base of the beak and upper part of the back 

 black; rump fulvous. 



