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PARADISE TANAGER, 



it is about eight inches in length : its beak is grey- 

 brown : the top of its head, nape, and between 

 the shoulders, are blackish : the back and rump 

 are rusty brown : the wings and taii dusky : the 

 breast, belly, and vent, rusty red ; the legs ash- 

 coloured. 



PARADISE TANAGER. 



(Tanagra Tatao.) 



Ta. violacea, dorso nigro, iiropygio JulvOj capite viridi, pectore 

 alisque violaceis. 



Violet Tanager, with a black back, brown rump, green head, 



and violet wings and breast. 

 Tanagra Tatao. Lin. Si/st. Nat, 1. 315. \\,—Gmel. Syst, Nat, 



1. 8:^3. — Lath. Lnd, Orn, 1. 428. 31. 

 Tangara. Briss, Orn. 8. 3. I. pi. l.f. \.-^Biiff, PI. Enl. J.f. 



1.-127./ 2. 

 Le Septicola. Buff. Hist. Nut. Ois. 4. 27g.pL 13. 

 Titmouse of Paradise. Edwards. 34g. 

 Faradise Tanager. Lath, Gen. 3. 236. 3!^. 



This most elegant species is described in Dr. 

 Latham s Synopsis as being somewhat less than 

 a Goldfinch : length near six inches : beak black: 

 the upper part and sides of the head yellowish 

 green : the feathers small, and seem distinct from 

 each other : the hind part of the head and neck, 

 the upper part of the back and scapulars, of a 

 velvety black: the lower part of the back and 



