AVES. 
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ternal toe free; wings long, first and eighth quills same length, 
the second shorter than the sixth, and the fourth the longest of 
the whole; tail with twelve feathers. 
Querula rubricollis. —The Red-Throated Querula. 
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 8. 
Whole plumage dark umber-brown ; throat of deep scarlet, 
extending from the chin to the jugulum; irides orange; bill 
brown; legs and feet dusky. Eleven inches long. Inhabits 
Cayenne. 
Genus 17.—AMPELIS.— Linnaeus . 
Generic Character. —Bill short, somewhat depressed, deeper 
than broad, trigonal at. its base, the tip acutely bent, and 
notched ; nostrils lateral, roundish at the base, partly closed by 
a membrane; tarsus the length of the middle toe, sometimes 
shorter-, internal and external toes united to the middle toe the 
length of the second joint; second quill the longest. 
Ampelis Cotinga. — The Purple-Breasted Chatterer. 
Plate XLV. fig. 7. 
Bright cobalt-blue above, and beautiful purple beneath; 
throat with darker clouds ; wings and tail black. Eight inches 
and a half long. Inhabits Brazil. 
Genus 18. — C A SM A R YHN C H O S.— Temminck. 
Generic Character. —Bill broad, considerably depressed, horny, 
and notched at the point, soft and flexible at the base; with 
a large nasal furrow ; lower mandible thin and flexible; nostrils 
large, oval, open, placed near the point of the bill, provided 
with small feathers ; tarsus longer than the middle toe; fourth 
and fifth quills longest. 
