n ^WI S bird is .oe ^ower ^ ^ s , and South-
,,eascem.J3iazil. . i t ^ , colouring though k s s dazzling than that of the fore
. gnng speces, is nevertheless e^e ediugly beaafi/ul: above, it^.is of a dark shinint
v.olet-blue, w.th the front of the head to a K,,e with the eyes orange-vellow o,!
Ue uxKler surl-acx^ ,t .s o r a u g ^ l l ow, . becoming rather pale to^:n-ds the' vent;' the
.1 beneath . black . hUe p a t c h , on the two enter reetnces; the , . n g s b eW
black, vv:th a arge whUe patch occupying the inaaer webs of the L t í . e r s -
-he bill and legs black. Entire length 3,!, inches.
The fen^le abos-e is olive-green, but below yellowish olive; the inner webs
of the wing-i^-athers being white at the base.
The Wolet Tanager has two ne . . r chuions : - i ? . fro,. Southern
Mex co and Central '.uerica, as far a . Co..u Rica, which n:ay be di.stingn si e^
b the steei-blue of its back, and C. Costa R i e f onl
which dilters m its more powerful, ar^tiUai bill.
P i ™ ? ' / - ? " ' Common
P:pu i . the maAet . Harmless and
peaceable in t l « bir -room. Song dn^H, ventnloqnial, intermixed with
prolonged souoad. and tones not . i r t x ^ beauty, industrious; decidedly not a
s u p ^ . songster, h o . . , e r , as it h:.s 1,0.1 i ^ l e d . All these charming o r g a L t s eat
irutt (soft pears tl^v will empt>- c L ^ right up to the thiiT ped)
in qnantitie., a..-: t l ^ - prodnce a corresponding amo i ^ Í '
dm. [hey are, very frail,.id . o t live long enough to L e d in n ^
^ ^ g-one to . e S
^ ^ Mrs. von P^s cLck, ui V i e « a , widiont result. Price ten to twelve
slnllings per pair, * i-weive
* Wr sli.,.ija be Iflad W uLilsiii 'Ii.-m lhi„ rait n, Kü-.laii,!.
V I O L E T TANA.GE B .
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