478 



CRESTED TANAGER. 



length : its beak is dusky : the bird when at rest 

 appears to be wholly black, with a blue reflec- 

 tion : but when examined, a small space on each 

 side of the breast of a yellow colour presents it- 

 self ; but when the wings are closed it cannot be 

 seen : some of the quills are also white on their 

 inner webs : its legs are dusky. 



CRESTED TANAGER. 

 (Tanagra cristata.) 



Ta. nigricans, crista aurantia, gula urcpygioque Julvis, 

 Dusky Tanager, with an orange crest, and fulvous throat and 

 rump. 



Tanagra cristata. Lin. Syst, Nat. 1. 317. 24. — Gmel. Si/st. Nat, 



1. 898. — Lath, Lid. Orn, 1. 422, g, 

 Tanagra Cayanensis nigra cristata. Briss, Orn. Sup. 65, pi. 4. 

 f,3. 



La Houppette. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 2A0.— Buff, PL EnLy. 



f, 2. male ? 301. f. 2. female ? 

 Crested Tanager. Lath, Gen, Syn, 3, 221, 8, 



Size of the Domestic Finch: length upwards 

 of six inches : beak black : head with an orange- 

 coloured crest : chin pale buff: outer edge of the 

 wing, near the head, white : scapulars likewise 

 with a band of that colour : lower part of the 

 back and rump pale buff-colour : rest of the plum- 

 age dull black : legs lead coloured : the buff spot 



