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AMPELIS. CHATTERER. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum recttim, couvexum, 

 subincurvatum, utrinque 

 einarginatum. 



Nares setis tectae. 



Pedes simplices, digitis tri- 

 bus anticis, uno postico. 



Lingua acuta, bifida. 



Beak straight^ convex, slight- 

 ly incurved, and emargin- 

 ated on each side. . 



Nostrils covered with bristles. 



Feet simple, with three toes 

 before, and one behind. 



Tongue acute and bifid. 



A 



the Chatterers but one are natives of 

 America : they feed on fruits and berries, but of 

 their manners of life we are utterly ignorant, as 

 they do not reside near the habitations of man, 

 and no person has yet discovered their haunts, or 

 the period of their incubation. 



