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FRINGTLLID.E. 



Sp. 3^. Py. sestira. 



Tanagra sestiva. Steph. v. x.p, 464. — Inhabits North America. 



Sp. 4. Py. flammiceps. 



Py. miniacea fronte, malis, occipiteque rufo-Juscis ; alls fuscis 

 rtifescente marginatis ; mas. crista cinnabarind. 



Brick-red Pyranga with the forehead, cheeks, and occiput red- 

 brown, the wings brown edged with reddish j the male with a 

 vermilion crest. 



Tanagra flammiceps. Pr. Max. Temm. PI. Col. 177* 



Inhabits Brasil. Length near seven inches : the 

 male has the top of the head furnished with a depressed 

 crest, composed of long, slender, decomposed fea- 

 thers, which are hidden at the base by several small 

 rounded plumes : this crest is pure vermillion, with 

 some small black spots on the feathers of the sides at 

 the tip : the forehead, the sides of the crest, the 

 cheeks, and the occiput are red-brown : all the other 

 parts of the body, the wings, and tail are brick-red : 

 the quills are brown, edged with brick-red. The 

 female wants the crest : down the middle of the head 

 is a snuff-coloured line composed of short feathers, 

 which are in part hidden by those on the forehead 

 and on the sides of the head ; those are of a burnt 

 umbre colour, which predominates over all the upper 

 parts of the body, the wings, and the tail, but the 

 two last are slightly tinged with olive : the breast is 

 of a pale hue, and the rest of the under parts are 

 reddish-brown. 



Sp. 5. Py? Ludoviciana. 



Py ? capite antice coccinea ; doi'soj alis, caudaque nigris; tectri- 

 cibus majoribus alarum, npicihus Jlavis, secundariis ioto jiavis 

 Cauda snbfurcala pennis albido marginatis. 



