. A general history of birds . a Lark. Bill short, thick, and black; plumage above,and the lower belly, dark yellow, like wax ; the fore part, as far asthe breast, black; belly spotted with black ; quills and tail dusky,edged with sea-green; legs ash-colour. Inhabits Brazil. 27.—SILENT TANAGER. Tanagra silens, Ind. Orn. i. 432. Nat. Misc. pi. 761. LOiseau silentieux, Buf. iv. 304. Id. Sonnini, pi. 117. Desm. Tang. pi. 40. Tangara de la Guiane, PI. enl. 742. Troupiale des Bois, a hausse Col, Voy. dAzara,m. No. 78. Silent Tanager, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 204. Shaws Zool. x. 469. pi. 42. LENGTH
. A general history of birds . a Lark. Bill short, thick, and black; plumage above,and the lower belly, dark yellow, like wax ; the fore part, as far asthe breast, black; belly spotted with black ; quills and tail dusky,edged with sea-green; legs ash-colour. Inhabits Brazil. 27.—SILENT TANAGER. Tanagra silens, Ind. Orn. i. 432. Nat. Misc. pi. 761. LOiseau silentieux, Buf. iv. 304. Id. Sonnini, pi. 117. Desm. Tang. pi. 40. Tangara de la Guiane, PI. enl. 742. Troupiale des Bois, a hausse Col, Voy. dAzara,m. No. 78. Silent Tanager, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 204. Shaws Zool. x. 469. pi. 42. LENGTH seven inches. Bill black; plumage in general green,but the head and under parts are hoary; sides of the head black ;over the eyes a white streak; throat white, beneath this a curved barof black; shoulders yellow. Inhabits the thick woods of Guiana; is a solitary bird, oftenerfound on the ground than perched on a tree, and by no means hasany thing like a song, except in the breeding season : is seen also inParaguay. TANAGER. 28— CERULEAN TANAGER. Tanagra canora, Ind. Orn. i. 432. Gin. Lin. i. caerulea Novae Hispanise, Bris. iii. 15. Id. 8vo. i. , Fern. N. Hisp. 13. cap. 120. Buf. iv. 298. Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 245. Shares Zool. x. 446. SIZE of the House Sparrow. Bill brownish; general colour ofthe plumage blue, with a little mixture of fulvous; wings partlyblue, partly fulvous, with a slight mixture of black; tail black,tipped with white; legs grey. Inhabits Mexico, and called by some Elotolotl: said to sing well,and to be good food. 29—CAPITAL TANAGER— Pl. xciv. Tanagra capitalis, Ind. Orn. i. 432. Capital Tanager, Gen. St/n. Sup. 162. pl. 112. Shaws Zool. x. 457. pl. 41. LENGTH five inches. Bill stout, of a dusky flesh-colour; head,throat, and fore part of the neck, to the breast, black; upper halfof the neck behind, the sides of it, and all the under parts yellow,inclining to orange on the breast; the rest of the pluma
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