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GREEN TANAGERr 



and likewise in the back being rufescent : there is 

 also a variety described by Buffon, that has the 

 head of a bright blue ; but in other respects it 

 agrees tolerably with the above. 



This species has very little song : it is very 

 common at Cayenne, where it is called Le Dau* 

 phinois : it is said to destroy great quantities of 

 rice, upon wdiich it feeds, as it does also upon 

 bananas and guavas, of which it is particularly 

 fond : like the rest of the genus, they are generally 

 found by pairs, and frequent open and uninhabited 

 places. - 



GREEN TANAGER. 



(Tanagra virens.) 



Ta. viridis suhtiis Jiaxescens^ loris gulaque nigris, Jascia maxillari 

 ccerulea. 



Green Tanager^ beneath yellowish, with the lores and throat 



black, and stripe near the jaw blue. 

 Tanagra virens. Lin. Syst. Nat, 1. 31 7. 22.^GmeL Si/st. Nat, 



1. 807. — Lath, Lid. Orn. 1. 426. 21. 

 Tangara brasiliensis viridis. Briss. Orn. 3. 25. 14. 

 Le Tangara verd du Brasil. BuJF. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 2^8. 

 Green Tanager. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 229, 22. 



The Green Tanager is larger than the Domestic 

 Finch, and measures six inches and a quarter in 

 length : the beak is dusky ; between which and 

 the eyes is a black spot, bounded on the lower 



