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beneath, and tail of two divaricated branches.—This is a 
bird of Brasil and Guiana, the jacarini of Marcgrave. 
5. Tanagra violacea.—Violet, and the under part very 
yellow: the teitei of Marcgrave, the golden titmouse of 
Edwards, and golden tanager of Latham. A variety of this, 
found in Brasil, Surinam, and Cayenne, is shining black, 
with the abdomen, breast, and front yellow, and the outer 
tail-feather having on its inner side a white spot. 
6. Tanagra olivacea.—Olive; the throat and breast 
yellow, the abdomen white, the quills and tail-feathers 
brown, with a white margin. This is the olivet of Buffon, 
and found in Cayenne. 
7. Tanagra gyrola.—Green, red-headed, yellow collar, 
and ceruleous breast: the rouvardin of Button, the red-head¬ 
ed green-finch of Edwards, and red-headed tanager of 
Latham.—Found in various parts of South America. 
8. Tanagra Cayana.—Yellow, green back, red cap, and 
black cheeks.—A bird of Cayenne, of which there is a 
variety, underneath golden-coloured, back green and yellow, 
head ceruleous, wings and tail green. 
9. Tanagra tatao.—Violet, black back, yellow rump, 
green head, and violet breast and wings: the titmouse of 
paradise of Edwards, the paradise tanager of Latham, and 
the tangara of Brisson, Ray, Willughby, and Button.— 
Found in Guiana. 
10. Tanagra albirostris.—Black, with a spot on the wings, 
and tail yellow, and a white beak; the white-billed tanager of 
Latham. Of this there is a variety.—It is an American bird. 
11. Tanagra gularis.—Black, beneath white, red head, 
and purple throat: the rouge-cap, of Button, and red-headed 
tanager of Latham.—Found in Cayenne and Guiana. 
12. Tanagra Cayennensis.—Black, both sides of the 
breast and under part of the wings yellow.—Found in Brazil, 
Guiana, and New Spain. 
13. Tanagra Brasiliensis.—Black, under part white, 
throat and rump blueish, face and breast black: the guira- 
genoia of Marcgrave, the turquin of Buffon, and turquoise 
tanager of Latham.—A Brasil species. 
14. Tanagra Dominica.-—Black-spotted, above brown, 
and below whitish : called from the place of its residence, 
by Latham, the St. Domingo tanager. 
15. Tanagra militaris.—-Brown; breast, neck, throat, and 
shoulders sanguineous: the military tanager of Latham, 
and greater bulfinchof Edwards.—Found in South America. 
16. Tanagra grisea.—Grey-olive, under grey, with wings 
and tail black, grey at their margin.—Found in Guiana and 
Louisiana. 
17. Tanagra episcopus.—Cinereous, with wings and tail 
externally blueish: the bishop tanager of Latham —Found 
in Cayenne. 
18. Tanagra sayaca.—Hoary, with blueish wings: the 
sayacu of Marcgrave.—Found rarely in Cayenne. 
19. Tanagra punctata.—Green ; pointed with black ; un¬ 
der yellowish-whitish: the syacoa of Buffon, spotted green 
titmouse of Edwards, and spotted tanager of Latham.— 
Found in Cayenne. 
20. Tanagra virens.—Green, under yellowish, cheeks and 
throat black : the green tanager of Latham.—Found in New 
Spain, Peru and Brazil. 
21. Tanagra Mississippensis.—Wholly red: the Mis¬ 
sissippi tanager of Latham. Of this species there are two 
varieties; one found on the river Mississippi, and the other 
in New Spain. 
22. Tanagra cristata.—Blackish, golden crest, throat and 
rump yellow : the houppette of Buffon, and crested tanager 
of Latham.—Found in Guiana. 
23. Tanagra sestiva.—Red, bill yellowish: the summer 
red-bird of Catesby and Edwards, and summer tanager of 
Pennant'and Latham.—Found in Carolina and Virginia. 
24. Tanagra magna.—Olive-brown; under reddish ; legs, 
front, and temples blueish; vent-feathers and throat red, and 
the middle of the throat white: the grand tanager of Latham. 
—Found in Guiana and Cayenne. 
25. Tanagra cserulea.—Blueish, black bill, and light-red 
legs: the blue tanager of Latham.—A Cayenne bird. 
26. Tanagra variabilis.—Green, partly blueish and partlv 
brown, black band about the eye, quills and tail-feathers 
black, with green margins; variable tanager of Latham. 
27. Tanagra tricolor.—Green; head, chin, throat, and 
breast pale sea-colour; black neck-band, head and sides of 
the neck golden-green, a large spot on the throat, and back 
black, the breast-band blueish, the abdomen and vent-fea¬ 
thers yellowish-green : the green-headed tanager of Latham. 
Of this there is a variety. 
28. Tanagra Guianensis.—Green, head cinereous-grey, 
front and head-band on both sides from the front to the nape 
red: the grey-headed tanager of Latham.—Found rarely in 
the forests of Guiana. 
29. Tanagra nigricolis.—Olive, beneath yellow, black 
throat, golden breast, feathers of the wings and tail-feathers 
brown, with olivaceous-margins: the black-throated tanager. 
—Found in Guiana. 
30. Tanagra ruficollis.—Black and blue, with a large red 
streak on the throat, and black wings and tail: the rufous- 
throated tanager of Latham.—Found in Jamaica. 
31. Tanagra leucocephala.—Black and brown, white 
front, reddish throat, purple breast and wings, and yellowish 
abdomen and vent-feathers : the quatoztli of Seba.—Found 
in the moutains of Brazil. 
32. Tanagra flava.—Yellow throat, breast and spots of 
the abdomen black, quills and tail-feathers black, eea-co- 
loured at the margin. This is the guiraperea of Ray and 
Willughby, and the yellow tanager of Latham.—Found in 
Brazil, of the size of a lark. 
33. Tanagra Amboinensis.—Varied with black and blue, 
black vertex, blueish-green rump; cheeks, chin, throat, and 
breast blueish ; abdomen and vent-feathers white.—Found 
in Amboina, and called calatti. 
34. Tanagra canora.—Blueish, varied with yellow; black 
tail, white at the apex; and wings partly blueish and partly 
yellow: the xiuhtototl of Fernandes. — Found in New 
Spain. 
35. Tanagra sinensis.—Olivaceous, beneath yellow, with 
the quills and tail-feathers black, yellow at their margin: 
the Chinese tanager of Latham. 
36. Tanagra bonariensis.—Black and violet, with a slight 
greenish tint in the wings and tail: the violet tanager of 
Latham. 
37. Tanagra atra.—Cinereous, with the face, chin, and 
throat black (those of the female yellow): the camail or 
cravatte of Buffon, and black-faced tanager of Latham.— 
Found in Guiana. 
38. Tanagra pileata.—Blueish-cinereous, beneath silvery, 
with the vertex, temples, and sides of the neck black, and 
the ocular spot white; the hooded tanager of Lathman. 
Of this the tijepiranga of Ray and Willughby is a variety. 
—Found in Guiana and Brazil 
39. Tanagra melanictera.-—Above ferruginous, beneath 
very yellow, head and nape black, wings streaked with 
white, and tail brown: the black-crowned tanager of 
Latham.—Found on the Caucasus and in Georgia. 
40. Tanagra Sibirica.—Black, the tips of the down be¬ 
tween the shoulders and the rump ciliated with white.—A 
Siberian species. 
41. Tanagra atricapilla.—Reddish and rufous; head, tail, 
and wings shining black, with a roundish tail: the mordore 
of Buffon, and black-headed tanager of Latham.—Found in 
Guiana. 
42. Tanagra striata.—Beneath yellow, with a head striated 
with black and blue, back above blackish and beneath 
golden, quills and tail-feathers black, with a blue margin : 
the onglet of Buffon, and furrow-clawed tanager of Latham. 
—Found in South America. 
43. Tanagra Nigerrima.—Black, with a white spot with¬ 
in the wings : the Guiana tanager of Latham. 
44. Tanagra Capensis.—Above ferruginous-brown, be¬ 
neath ferruginous, varied with white; the middle of the 
tail black, its sides ferruginous-rufescent, the bill yellowish, 
the legs black.—Found at the Cape of Good Hope. 
TANAGRA, a town of ancient Greece, in the north of 
Attica, 
