SHIRLEY. 
It is a native of Guiana, in South America. 
I do not find that it has been figured by any 
other author." 
Whatever objection we may feel to carry- 
ing compliment so far, as to name, after any 
particular person, the newly discovered pro- 
ductions of nature ; we have, nevertheless, in 
compliment to Edwards, whose exquisite figure 
is adopted, thought it right to preserve the ap- 
pellation which he has given to this fine bird. 
The Shirley, however, appears to be the 
Tanagra Militaris, or Military Tanagre, of 
Linnseus, Gmelin, and Latham ; and the Car- 
dinalis Fuscus, or Brown Cardinal, of Brisson. 
Buffon's list, of what he has denominated, 
Tanagres, the species of which are not de- 
cided," concludes with observing, that " the 
Brown Cardinal of Brisson is a Tropic Bird, 
and not a Tanagre." 
Perhaps, therefore, after all, amidst such 
different opinions, that which was first ex- 
pressed by Edwards, however simple, is suirl- 
ciently 
