FURROW-CLAWED TANAGER. 



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on the chin is wanting in some specimens, and the 

 edge of the wing is occasionally yellow. 



This species is very abundant in Guiana, but it 

 does not frequent the woods, being only found in 

 the most open places : it feeds on small fruits. 



FURROW-CLAWED TANAGER. 



(Taoagra striata.) 



Ta. nigra subius Jiava, capite cceruleo nigroque striata, dorso in- 

 Jimo aurantio. 



Black Tanager, beneath yellow, with the head striated with 

 blue and black, and the lower part of the back orange. 



Tanagra striata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 899. — Lath. Ind, Orn. 1. 

 423. 14. 



L'Onglet. Buf, Hist. Nat. Ois, 4. 256. 

 Furrow-clawed Tanager. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 3. 224. 14. 



This curious bird has a very singular formation 

 of claw, each having a furrow on the sides parallel 

 to the edge, and from this it takes its name : it is 

 supposed to inhabit South America, and is in 

 length seven inches : its head is striped with alter- 

 nate lines of black and blue : the upper part of 

 the back is blue, and the lower part bright orange: 

 the under parts of the body are yellow : its upper 

 wing-coverts, quill, and tail, are black, fringed 

 1 with blue : its upper tail-coverts are brown olive. 



V. X. p. II. 



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