PURPLE-THROATED FRUIT CROW 



and cinnamon buff; tail brown tipped with 

 cinnamon buff; wings brown and cinnamon buff. 



The male is a rarely beautiful bird, unusual in 

 coloring, and cannot be mistaken, though not 

 easy to become familiar with, as like most of the 

 other large cotingas, this species frequents the 

 tops of tall forest trees in pairs or small groups 

 and is of restless and rather wary habits. One 

 adult male and a flock of several female or 

 immature individuals noted by Van Name near 

 Barro Colorado Biological Station in April, 1924. 



9. Querula purpurata (Miiller) 

 Purple-throated Fruit Crow 



Male. Length about 272 mm. (10.70 in.); 

 tail about 116 mm. (4.55 in.). Black with a 

 conspicuous patch of glossy, crimson, maroon, 

 elongated, stiff feathers on chin and throat. 

 Bill silvery gray. 



Female. Length 249 mm. (9.95 in.); tail 

 109 mm. (4.30 in.). Plumage entirely black. 

 Bill same as in male. 



A beautiful bird, about the size of our Ameri- 

 can Blue Jay but stouter and heavier, resembling 

 in its actions a small crow. An inhabitant of 

 the forest where it frequents the tallest trees in 

 pairs or small flocks. Though decidedly wild, I 

 have induced a male and female to approach by 

 imitating their loud, somewhat harsh, interrog- 

 atory call of two notes. 

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