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YELLOW CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis luteus.) 



AM. corpore supra fusco olivaceo, subtus uropygio rectricibusque 



lateralibus luteis, macula Jaucium alba. 

 Chatterer with the body above of brown green ; beneath, rump, 



and lateral tail-feathers, yellow; and a white spot near the 



gape. 

 Ampelis lutens. Muse. Carls. 3. 70. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1.368. 



13. 

 Yellow Chatterer. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 190. 3. 



THIS anomalous species is six inches and a half 

 In length : its beak and legs are black : the sides 

 of the gape have a white spot : the upper parts of 

 the plumage are olive brown : the under parts 

 yellow, getting paler towards the vent, where it is 

 white : rump yellow: the two middle tail-feathers 

 black, with yellow tips ; the others dull yellow. 



PURPLE-THROATED CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis Cayana.) 



AM. nitida ccerulea, collo subtus violaceo, remigibus rectridbusque 



nigris ceeruleo marginatis. 

 Shining blue Chatterer, with the neck beneath violet ; the quills 



and tail-feathers black, margined with blue. 

 Ampelis cayana. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 298. 6. GmeL Syst. Nat. 



\. 840. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 365. 3. 



