TANAGRINJS. 
curved ° Ue ^ n G imer; the Mnd t0e bnger than the outer ’ the claws moderate and much 
or ^ ^r* P bn , Sta ’ “ «*-* 
insects, and small snails, on which they feed. They rarely descendTfthr fl ° m t0 br , an . ch ’ s ?fking huds, fruits, 
awkwardly, their flight is interrupted and slow Their nL • i -i+ °- ground, where their walking is performed 
and formed of various kinds of roots, wherein they deposit two or three t0P ° tlUCk busheS; lt is s P aoious 
V 00°" 
1. S. magnus (Gmel.) PI. enl. 205— Saltator olivaceus Vieill. 
2. S. atriceps Less. Cent. Zool. t. 69. 
3 S. atricollis Vieill. Ency. Meth. 790., Azara No. 82 Tanatrra 
jugulans Licht. ; Saltator validus Vieill. Azara No. 84 • Tanagra 
atricollis Spix, Av. Br. t. 56. f. 2. ’ d ° ra 
4. S. carulescens Vieill. Ency. Meth. 791., Azara No. 81.— 
Frmgilla coracina Kuhl; Tanagra decumana Licht. ; Tanagra su 
percilians Pr. Max. Spix Av. Bras. t. 67. 
5. S. Azarm D’Orb. & Lafr. Voy. Amer. Mer, p. 287. 
6. S. aurantirostris Vieill. Ency. Me'th. 789., Azara No 83 
7. S. rubious Vieill. Ency. Meth. 792., Azara No. 85. — Tanagra 
flammiceps Temm. PI. col. 177- 1 Tanagra porphyrio Licht. 
8. S, melanoleucus Vieill. Ency. Me'th. 791. 
9- S. maculatus Vieill. Ency. Meth. 793., Azara No. 86. 
10. S. albicollis Vieill. Ency. Meth. 7Q3. 
11. S. ruficapillus Vieill. Ency. Meth. 793. 
12. S. viridis Vieill. Ency. Me'th. 793., Azara No. 89. 
13. S. psittacinus (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 57. f. 2. 
14. S. cyanopterus Vieill. Ency. Meth. 790 
15 S . cayancnsis (Gmel.) PI. enl. 6l6. - Tanagra cayana Lath.; 
Saltator virescens Vieill. ; Coracias cayanus Bodd 
16 S. rufiventris D’Orb. & Lafr. Voy. de l’Ame'r. Mer. Ois. t. 
Zo. i. 1. 
17. s. simihs D’Orb. & Lafr. Voy. de l’Amer. Mer. Ois. t. 28. 
1 . 2 . 
18. S. Vigor sn. — Saltator rufiventris Vigors, Zool., Beechev’s Vov. 
Zool. p. 19. J 1 
1 9- S. Riefferii (Boiss.) Rev. Zool. 1840. 4. 
IIamphopis Vieill .* 
» th ? from f £ 
Tarsi the lennh oPtL mi,H P fno ' r T 1 }? 7 ’ ?‘ ld lon S est Tail and rounded, 
strong ; and the cCSte^d cuS “ °” eS ' ith *> »ind toe long and 
amongst the thickest foliage of the b^hes ° f t]le , s P ccie ® of ,fl 'o genus. They arc always seen 
branch to branch in search of buds and fruits. * " untams, where they are continually moving about from 
1. R. jacapa . (Linn.) PI. enl. 128., Desm. Tang. t. 30, 31. — Ta- 
nagra albirostris Bodd. ; Ramphocelus purpureus Vieill. • R. atro- 
coccineus Swains. Omith. Dr. pi. 20. 
2. R. brasilia (Linn.) Desm. Tang. t. 28, 29. — Ramphoce- 
lus coccineus Vieill. Gal. des Ois. t. 79*, Swains. Ornith. Dr pi 
18, 19. p 
3. R. dimidiatus (Lafr.) Mag. Zool. 1837- f. 81. — R. melano- 
gaster Swains. 
4. R. qffinis (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1840. 1. & 133. 
5. R .nigrogularis Spix Av. Bras. t. 47., Swains. Ornith. Dr. pi. 
1 < • — 11- ignescens Less. Cent. Zool. t. 24 
rini pS JanL & SeIby ’ 111 ° ni - P 1 - 131— R. Passe- 
f _ J' R ’ “trosericew D’Orb. & Lafr. Voy. Amer. Mer. Ois. pi. 26. 
8. R. icteronotus Pr. Bonap. Proc. Z. S. 1837. 121. 
Oif 't o’ LuClani ( Latr 0 Rev - Z ° o1 - 1838. 54., Mag. de Zool. 1839- 
Pyranga Vieill "j" 
Tail moderate, even or slightly emarmnated at tho or„l p • , tlmd > } vhlch i s longest. 
