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RUFOUS-HEADED TANAGER. 



(Tanagra cayana.) 



'Ta,JIiIvo dor 80 viridi^ pileo rzifo, genis nigris. 

 Fulvous Tanager^ with a green back, red crown, and black 

 cheeks. 



Tanagra cayana. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 315. S. — Gmel, Syst. Nat. 



1. 8g2,— Lath. Ind. Orn, 1. 427- 25. 

 Tanagra cayanensis viridis. Briss. Orn. 3. 21. 12.pl. 4.f. 3. 

 Le Passe vert. Biif. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 4g4. and 4. 273. 

 Passe-vert a tete bleue. Bitff^. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 275. ? 

 Moineau a tete rousse. Biif. PI. Enl. 201. f. 2. male. 

 Tangara a tete rousse. Buff. PI. Enl. 2^0./. 1. female. 

 Rufous-headed Tanager. Lath. Gen. Spi. 3. 231. 20. 



This species, wliich is rather variable in its 

 plumage, is generally about four inches in length: 

 its beak and legs are dusky : the crown is rufous: 

 cheeks black : the back part of the neck, the 

 lower part of the back, and the rump, are pale 

 golden yellow, with a gloss of green in certain 

 positions : the rest of the back, the scapulars, and 

 upper tail-coverts, are green : throat blue grey : 

 the under parts of the body varied with pale goldi^n 

 yellow, rufous, and slate colour, in different lights; 

 the quills and tail are brown, with golden green 

 margins : the female has the upper parts of the 

 plumage plain green, and the under dull yellow, 

 with a slight green tinge : this bird varies in having 

 the red on the top of the head much more extensive 

 in some individuals than in others ; it also varies in 

 being tinged with rufous on the breast and belly j 



