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VARIEGATED TANAGER. 



(Tanagra variegata.) 



Ta. ruh7'0 vlrescente Jlavoque variegata, 

 Tanager variegated with red, greenish, and yellow. 

 Tanagra variegata. Lath.Ind. Orn. 1. 421. 5. 

 Tanagra mississippensis. Gmel, Si/st. Nat. i. 889. 

 Variegated Tanager. Lath. Gen, Syn, 3. 21 9. fl- 40. 



Perhaps a variety of the following, which it 

 equals in size : its beak and legs are pale brown : 

 its entire plumage is variegated with crimson and 

 greenish buff ; some spots on the neck, the whole 

 of the wing, the lower part of the back, and mid- 

 dle of the belly, being of the latter colour : the 

 quills and lower wing-coverts are dusky : the tail 

 is half crimson and half greenish buff. It inhabits 

 North America. 



MISSISSIPPI tanager. 



(Tanagra mississippensis,) 



Ta. iota rubra., alis caudaque saturatiorihus, 

 Tanager entirely red, with the wings and tail darkest, 

 Tanagra mississippensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. l, SSg. — Lath. Ind, 

 Orn. 1. 421. 5. 



Le Tangara du Mississippi. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ols. 4. 252,-^Biff, 



PL Enl, 741. 

 Mississippi Tanager. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 218. 5. 



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