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SHOWY TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra ornata.) 



Ta, suhtus cinereo'iiitens supra Jitsco-virescens, capillis cermet 

 humerisque violaceis, macula alarum aureo-lutea, 



Tanager beneath of a shining ash, above greenish brown, with 

 the hairs at the base of the beak, the top of the neck and 

 shoulders violet, and a golden yellow spot on the wings. 



Tanagra ornata. Muse. Carlso. 4.pL gs.'^Lath, Lid. Orn. Sup. 

 II. xlmi. 3. 



Showy Tanager. Lath, Sj/n. Sup. 11. 205. 4. 



Tanagra ornata inhabits the East Indies : its 

 beak and legs are dusky cinereous : the upper 

 parts of its plumage are of a dull brownish green : 

 its head is of a pale violet, glossed with blue : the 

 lesser wing-coverts are like the upper parts of the 

 plumage, but the middle ones are tipped with 

 yellow ; the rest of the coverts are red brownish 

 green: the quills and tail are blacky w^ith the outer 

 webs greenish yellow. 



GOLDEN TANAGER. 

 - (Tanagra violacea.) 



Ta. violacea f subtus sincipiteque Jtavissima^ remigibus intermediis 



rectricibusque lateralibus intus albis. 

 Violet Tanager, with the under parts and back of the head fine 



yellow ; the middle quills, and the lateral tail-feathers, with 



their inner webs white. 



