GOLDEN TANAGER. 



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Tanagra violacea. Lin. Si/sf, Nat. 1 . 314. 5, — GmeL Sj/sL Nat, 



1. 8gO.^Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 429. 33. 

 Tanagra brasiliensis nigro-liitea. Briss. Ont. 3. 31. 18. pi. 2. 



f. 2. male. 

 Le Teite. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 295. 

 Tangara du Bresil. Btif. PL Enl. 1 14./ 2. 

 Golden Titmouse. Edwards, pi. 263. J^. I. 

 Golden Tanager. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 3. 239. 35. 



The Golden Tanager is nearly four inches in 

 length : its beak and legs are black : the forehead 

 and all tlie under parts of its body are of a rich 

 golden yellow : the rest of the plumage of a violet 

 black, appearing like polished steel : the quills 

 have the bases of their inner webs white : the two 

 middle tail-feathers are black ; the others are 

 black, with their inner webs white at the base : 

 the female has the upper parts of her plumage 

 olive green : the forehead yellowish : the chiri 

 with a spot of yellow : the throat ash-coloured : 

 the rest of the under parts yellowish, with a slight 

 tinge of olive : only the two outer tail-feathers 

 are w^hite at their bases : the legs are brownish : 

 the young bird has the yellow on the forehead 

 very dull : the plumage is blue and olive green 

 mixed ; and the under parts of the body are 

 yellow. 



The nest of this bird is composed of reddish 

 herbs, and is of a hemispherical shape : like the 

 Jacarini Tanager, it commits great depredations in 

 the rice plantations of Cayenne, Surinam, and 

 Brasil : it is often kept in cages by the natives. 



