Diademed Tanager

19 cm. Shining dark blue overall with a thick black bill. Forecrown, lores and chin black. Center of crown white with red patch. Wings and tail black, the feathers edged blue. <NImmatures are dull grayish blue with the crown pattern barely visible. Call "chewp" vocalization 6 . A dawnsong is described as a short warble, 2-3 sec long, consisting of about 4 phrases with the second and third notes lower pitched than than the first and fourth note ^159 . Song a fluid grosbeak like warble vocalization 1-5 . Forages in fruiting trees, often sitting on top of tall trees, also in fruit bearing bushes. Found alone, in pairs or small groups, rarely in mixed species flocks. October, Rio Grande do Sul ^159 . Locally common in open forest and scrub, in our region only in montane areas of the serras. Between 800 and 2400 meters. In Estado S<C4>o Paulo found at<8E>Nucleo Sta. Virginia, Itatiaia, Serra Bocaina, Fazenda Intervales, PE Jacupiranga, Campos do Jord<C4>o<8E>. In Estado Rio de Janeiro found in the<8E>Serra dos Org<C4>os<8E>. 13233 Song. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>28<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Open country with trees and bushes.: 16325 Song. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Open forest.: 10903 Song. Serra da Mantiqueira, 11<10>18<10>98. Sunny, 20<91>C. Open forest, high altitude.: 2800 Song. 10<10>17<10>99, Nucleo Sta. Virginia. Misty, 15<91>C. Degraded forest. With /Turdus rufiventris .: 3380 Song. Ibitiboca, 10<10>31<10>00. Cloudy, 20<91>C. Open caatinga.: 711 Calls, Juan Mazar Barnett: 399 > Adult: 6362 > Juvenile: 4170 . Fritz Mueller, N.Y.: