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BLACK TANAGER. 



(Tanagra atrata.) 



Ta. atra nitens, dor so suhviolaceo. 



Dark shining Tanager, with the back pale violet. 



Tanagra atrata. Lin. Syst. Nat, 1.315. Q.^Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 



8g2.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 430. 35. 

 Black Tanager. Lath, Gen, Syn. 3. 241. 38. 



This species is the size of a Thrush, and is 

 wholly of a black colour, with the back glossed 

 with blue : its legs and beak are also black. It is 

 found in the East Indies. 



NEGRO TANAGER. 



(Tanagra cayanensis.) 



Ta. nigra mtida, pectore utrinque alisque subtus Jlavis* 

 Shining black Tanager, with the breast on each side and wing^ 

 beneath yellow. 



Tanagra cayanensis. GmeL Syst, Nat, 1. 894. — Lath. Ind, Orn, 

 1. 430. 34. 



Tanagra cayana, Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 3l6. 14. 



Tangara cayanensis nigra. Briss. Orn, 3. 29. ly-f. 2.f. 1. 



Le Tangara Negre. Buff, Hist. Nat, Ois. 4. l^'J.-^Buff, PL 



Enl. 114./. 3. 

 Negro Tanager. Lath. Gen, Syn. 3. 240. ZQ. 



Inhabits Mexico, Brasil, Guiana, and other 

 parts of South America : it is about five inches in 



