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VARIABLE TANAGEll. 



with brown : rump green : quills and tail brown, 

 fringed with green : chin and throat brown, the 

 feathers edged with whitish : breast varied with 

 brown and yellow 5 from thence to the vent yel- 

 lowish white, with a green tinge. Inhabits 

 Cayenne. 



VARIABLE TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra variabilis.) 



Ta. mridis ct^ndeo fu&coque splendeiis, uropygio virescente,Jas- 

 cia per oculos nigra, remigibus rectricibusque nigricantibus. 



Tanager shining with green, blue, and brown ; with the rump 

 greenish ; stripe through the eyes black ; quills and tail-feathers 

 dusky. 



Tanagra variabilis. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 89 1. — Lath, Ind. Orn, 

 1. 428. 28. 



Variable Tanager. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 234. 29. 



The locality of this species is unknown : it is 

 four inches and a half in length : its beak and legs 

 are pale brown : through each eye runs a black 

 stripe : its plumage, according to the position of 

 the light, appears blue, or brown : it has a very 

 glossy appearance: the back between the shoulders 

 is darkest, and towards the rump it is pale green: 

 the quills and tail are dusky, fringed with green. 



