TANAGRTN/E. 
at its ends. Tarsi moderate, as long as the middle toe. Toes moderate and slender, the lateral ones 
unequal, the hind toe long and strong ; the claws short and curved. 
These arc peculiar to the warmer parts of South America. They inhabit the moist forests keeping to the summits 
°f the large trees; they arc very active, and arc always flying about rapidly m search of their favounte food, which con- 
sists of fruits, and buds, &c. 
h N .pileata (Gmel.) Vieill. PI. enl. 720. f. 2. 
N. verticalis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1840. 227- 
h N. favicollis Vieill. Ency. Meth. 788., Gal. des Ois. t. 75. — 
Tanagra speculifera Temm. PI. col. S6. f. 1 , 2 . 
4 . N. ruficapillus Vieill. Ency. Meth. 788. 
5. N. sordida D'Orb. & Lafr. Voy. Arner. Mer. Ois. pi. 18. f. 2. 
6 . N. nigricollis (Gmel.) Vieill. PI. enl. 720. f. 1. 
7. N. fulvescens Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1844. 420. 
Tanagrella Swains .* 
Hill conic, very slender, compressed and lengthened, with the culmen gradually arched to the tip, 
which is emarginated, the lateral margins nearly straight, and the gonys lengthened and gradually 
Ranting upwards : the nostrils basal, lateral, rounded, and partly concealed by the frontal plumes. 
Wings moderate and pointed, with the first quill rather shorter than the second and third, which are the 
longest. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi as long as the middle toe Joes short and slender, the 
lateral ones equal, the hind toe long and strong ; the claws short and curvet . 
b T. velia (Gmel.) Strickl.— T. multicolor Swains. PI. enl. 669. I 2. T. iridina Hard. Rev. Zool. 1841. 305. 
' > T anagrella tenuirostris Swains. ; T . cyanomelas Pa Max. | 
Calliste Boie.-\ 
Hill short, slender, much compressed on the sides, the culmen slightly arched to the tip, wnc i is 
emarginated; the nostrils basal, lateral, and more or less concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings rather 
lengthened, with the first quill nearly as long as the second, and the second and third the longest. at 
snort, and nearly even at the end. Tarsi longer than the middle toe. Toes short and slender, wit ie 
hiner toe shorter than the outer ; the claws short and curved. 
These richly coloured birds are peculiar to the warm and humid forests of South America, where the} aie generally 
Seen °a the tops of the high trees and palms. 
}■ C. tricolor (Gmel.) Boie, PI. enl. 33. f. 1., PI. col. 215. f. 1. 
n 2 : C-festim (Shaw) PI. col. 215. f. 2., PI. enl. 33. f. 2., Swains. 
rt ntli. Dr. pl. r>., Nat. Misc. pi. 537- — Tanagra tricolor var. Lath. 
° 11, b T at. Res. pl. 23. ; Tanagra trichroa Liclit. Kittl. Vogels t. 31. 
' ’ Tanagra cyanocephala Vieill. 
g C. citrinella (Temm.) Pl. col. 42. f. 2., Swains. Ornith. Dr. pl. 
' aT , ' ana S ra elegans Pr. Max. 
f t'. thoracica (Temm.) Pl. col. 42. f. 1. 
• C. gyrola (Linn.) Pl. enl. 133. f. 2. — Aglaia chrysoptera 
owotns. 
C. Desmarestii. — Aglaia gyrola Swains. Zool. 111. 11. pl. 28. 
T "• C. cayana (Linn.) Pl. enl. 201. f. 2. 290. f. 1., Desm. 
1 ang. t . 
O p 
• c. peruviana (Desm.) Desm. Tang. t. — • Aglaia melanotus 
8 w l ln *- Ornith. Dr. pl. 31. 43. 
10 cucullata (Swains.) Ornith. Dr. pl. 7* 
tBO A 0- eyanoptera (Swains.) Ornith. Dr. pl. 8. — Tanagra argen. 
tea bo/r. Rev. Zool. 1843. 69 . 
• C. brasiliemis (Linn.) Pl. enl. 179- f* 1. 
I, C - Punctata (Linn.) Pl. enl. 133. f. 1. 
C - tatao (Linn.) Pl. enl. 127. f. 2. pl. 7- f. 1. 
Lt’n .i (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1832. 3. — Aglaia zeni 
' J ~ § Lafr. Syn. Voy. A mer. Mer. Ois. pl. 24. f. 2. 
15. C.flava (Lath.) Swains. Zool. 111. n. s. pl. — Tanagra ch o- 
jptera Vieill. ? ; Tanagra formosa Vieill. 
16. C. nigrocincta (Pr. Bonap.) Proc. Z. S. 1837- 121. 
17. C . Schrankii (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 51. f. 1, 2. — Aglaia 
relanotis Swains. D Orb. & Lafr. Voy. Amer. Mer. t. 24. • • 
18. C. cceruleocephala (Swains.) Two Cent, and a Quarter, o >• 
19. C. cyanoventris. — A. peruviana Swains, nec Desm. 1 wo Gent, 
nd a Quarter, 356. 
20. C.fasttiosa (Less.) Cent. Zool. t. 58. „ • 
21. C. mexic ana (Linn.) Pl. enl. 2 9 0. f. 2. - Tanagra flavnen- 
ris Vieill. _ _ „ 1 1 r.r. r 1 
22. C. albiventris. — T. mexicana var. /3. Lath. Pl. en 
— Blue Tanager, Lath. Hist. 
23. C. nigroviridis (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1843. 09- 
24. C. vittata (Temm.) PL col. 48. 
25. C. labradorides (Boiss.) Rev. Zool. 1840. y- 
26. C. Vassorii (Boiss.) Rev. Zool. 1840. 4., Mag.de Zool. 1841. 
’ 27. C. Parzudaki (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1843. 97-, Mag. de Zool. 
LS 28 3 : C.feclancherii (Lafr.) Mag. Zool .1841 Ois. t. 42. 
29. C. diaconus (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1 7 • 
30. C. thalassina Strickl. Ann. A at. Hist. 1844. 419* 
b - Swainson established this division in (Class, of Birds, ii. 286.) 1837. 
e bewh 10 f 0Se< ^ % Boie (Isis) in 1826, Aglaia of Mr. Swainson (1827) is coequal. 
ere i I was induced to propose, in their place, Calospiza in 1840. 
Having formerly considered these names as employed 
