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Show 266 AVES. BULLFINCH TANAGERS. A shot·t beak , w h en v1· e wed verticall.y , showing .a n enlargement on eac 11 s1'd e of 1. ts base'· the tail proportiOnably shol ter. ( 1) GnossBEAK TANAGERS. The beak conical, thick, convex, as broad as it is high, the back of the uppet· mandible rounded.(2) TANAGERS, properly SO called. A com. cal bea k , s 11 0r t er than the head. ' as broad as it is high, the upper mandible arcuated, somewhat pomted.(3) ORIOLE TANAGERS. The beak conical, arcuated, pointed and notched at the end.( 4) CARDINAL TANAGERS. Beak conical, Some'.,, ,hat vaulted, an obtuse salient tooth on the side.( 5) (1) r.LnU nag• vw· za cea, Enl · 114• 1' 2-T. cayennensis, lb. 3-PiprBa music·za , En!!. 809 1 rn d'ademata Natterer Col. 243 or Lindo bleu, Azz., or ouvreut ~~r. ' , -.Lan. t • ' c ) Tan vtrtdlt Vieill. Gal. 54-The Lindo bleu dore, Azz. (Tan. chrysogaster, uv. - . ' Vieill. Col. 36, 3. C ·as ca ennensis Enl. (2) rn,n magna Enl. 205.-Tan. atm, Enl. 714, 2.- oract . Y 'm 616 -T.Lat..n · jlammic' eps Pr. Max. Col.177.-Tan. superet' [z' osa, SP I X ' 57 '. 1:- lanh. psi~acina, ~b. 2.-Tan: atricollis, Id. 56, 2. It is on this division that Vtetllot as founded his genus Huu.. . nd 155, 1.- (3) Tan. talao, Enl. 127, 2.-tricolor, Enl. 33.-mextcano, 29~, 2 a ix 55, 1.- gyrola Enl. 201, 2, and 290, 1.-episcopus, Enl. 178.-cmlesttS, S~.. /s 'x 51 varia 'D esm. r Motacd. la velt.a , L .) En l · 669, v" , o f w· lu .c h the T. Schrann;.b t, ,_p ty ·' ill ' is pro' bably th'e young.-T. punctata :.mdsw. ca, E n1. .1 33 ' L.- T. multtc1ow-Tr, . cteil ri.· Gal. 76, or Fring. zena, L . Catesby, I, 42.-T. thoraetca, Tern. Col.. 4-2,il~ Id. 52.nella, lb. 2.-T. vittata, lb. 48.-T. penicillata, Spix, 49.-T. aurtca~ ' T. vittata, T. Col. 48.-T. leucoptera, or Oriolus leucoperus, Lath. Syi: 36 1 ap· (4) The T. gulm·is, Enl. 1S6; pileata, 720, 2, and speculifera, Sptx,l . ' 'true proach the Motacillm !n their more slender beak. T.· n~.g rt•c o /lz' s, 720 ' ' IS a motacilla a sort of Regulus with a rather large beak. . 49 2 is the (5) T. 1 cristata, Enl. 7, 2 and301, 2, ofwhic? the T. bru~n~a, Sptx,De~m~ Spis, young.-nigerrima, Enl. 179, 2 and 711.-olwacea.-archzeptscop~a, Id 48 1.- 56, 2.-Tan. ru.fiventer, Spix, 50, 1.-ru,..1g: u,a, rta• , Id. , 56 ' 5 .- Sayt·r a·n, ot · Gal•. 82. viridis, lb. 2. This division has been named T.A.CHYPHONUS, by Iefit 'd d onan nut we should also refer to it, his genus PYRANG.A., which is solely oun e individual deformity. We will name his species Tan. cyanict~~· m II 6 g,also The Palmiste, Buff. Enl. 509, 1 (Turd. palmarum, Gm. ), Vlelll. ~· ' ;ears ina belongs to it; its notch is scarcely sensible, and it almost wholly 1;j dumicol~, neighbouring species, of which Vieillot has matle his genus lcTERI.A., c • PASSERINJE. 267 RAMPHOCELINE TANAGERs.(!) A conical beak, the branches of whose lower mandible are enlarged behind.(2) TuRnus, Lin. The Thrushes have a compressed and arcuated beak, but its point is not hooked, and its emarginations do not form such deep notches as in the Shrikes; as we have already stated, however, there are gradual transitions from one genus to the other. Their regimen is more frugivorous, generally feeding on berries. Their habits are solitary. The term Thrush is more particularly reserved for those species in which the colours are uniform, or are distributed in large masses. The most widely disseminated is, T. merula, L., Naum. 71. (The European Blackbird.) The male, (Enl. 2,) is entirely black, with a ye11ow beak; the female, (En!. 555,) is brown above; reddish brown beneath; the breast spotted with brown. It is a very mistrustful bird, but is easily tamed, and can be taught to sing well, and even to speak. It remains in Europe during the whole year. A neighbouring species, which, however, is a bird of passage, and prefers the mountains, is, T. torquatus, L.; Le Merle a plastron blanc; Enl. 168 and 182; Naum. 70. (The Ring Ouzel.) Feathers, black, partly edged with white; the breast marked with a shield of the same colour. The high mountains in the south of Europe contain two species, the T. aaxatilis, L.; Enl. 562; Naum. 73, and the T. cyaneus, L.; Enl. 250; Naum. 72, from which the T. aolitariua, L. does not differ.(3) The first, which is most frequently found ~ieill., Am. nnd Gal., pl. lxxxv, or Pipra polyglotta, Wils., I, vi, 2. This spectesleads to Ploceus. T!znagra miasissipiensis, Enl. 742, or T. testiva, Wils. Am. VI, 3, 4.-T, rubra, 156, 1.-T.ludwiciana, Wi1s., Ill. xx, 1. N.B. Swainson separates the T. tatao and some others from the Tanagers under the name of AGLAlA, and makes a genus of my Tanagers a bee fin, called S.PER· l!Gil.l, (I) From this Vieill. has made h)s JAcAPA, or R.A.li;(PHOCELEs, Galer. 79. ( 2 47, )Tanagrajacapa, Enl.l28.-T. brasilia, l!~nl. 127, 1.-T. nigrogularis, Spix, T. N.~. The Tanagra atricapilla, 809, 2 and the guyannensia are Shrikes. The · crtnatella, Spix, or Fringilla cristata, Gmel., T. graminea and T. roficolli8, Spix, ll'eDuntings. (3) Obs. Bonnelli. |