BLACK-CROWNED TANAGER. 
GE^^ERJC CHARACTER. 
Bill conic, acuminated, a little inclining to¬ 
wards the point; the upper mandible 
slightly ridged, and notched near the end. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Ferruginous-hrown TANAGER, yellow be¬ 
neath, with black crown and cheeks, and 
wings streaked with white. 
Black-crowned TANAGER. 
hath. Syn. 2. p. 22.3. 
This species is described by CJuldciistadt in the Pe¬ 
tersburg!) Transadions. Its size is that of the com¬ 
mon Bunting: tlie crown and clieeks arc black, the 
neck and back brown-ferruginous, the rump yellow¬ 
ish-ferruginous, and the whole bird beneath deep 
yellow ; the wings which, when closed, reach to the 
middle of the tail, are streaked longitudinally with 
white; the tail is slightly forked, measuring about 
three inches in length. The female differs in being 
entirely of a dull olive-ferruginous above, spotted with 
black, and beneath yellowish white. 
It is an inhabitant of the Caucasian mountains and 
of the country of Georgia. 
