- PURPLE-BREASTED CHATTERER. 429 



Cotinga Cayanensis. Briss. Orn. 2. 344. 32. pi. 34. f. 3. 

 Cotinga de Cayenne. Buff. PL Enl. 624. 

 Le Quereiva. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 444. 

 Purple-throated Chatterer. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 95. 3. 



INHABITS Cayenne : its length is eight inches 

 and a half: its beak, tail, and legs, are black: the 

 prevailing colour of its plumage blue -green, va- 

 ried with black, the bases of the feathers being of 

 the latter colour, giving it that appearance : the 

 greater wing-coverts and quills black, with blue 

 edges : the chin, throat, and fore-part of the neck, 

 of a most splendid purplish crimson. 



PURPLE-BREASTED CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis Cotinga.) 



AM. nitidissima ccerulea, subtus purpurea, alis caudaque nigris. 

 Chatterer of a most splendid blue ; beneath purple; with the 



wings and tail black. 

 Ampelis Cotinga. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 298. 4.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 840. Briss. Orn. 2. 340. pi. 34. f. 1. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



364. 2. 



Le Cordon bleu. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4, 442. p. 21. 

 Cotinga du Bresil. Buff] PL Enl. 188. male. 186. female. 

 Purple-breasted Manakin. Pen. Gen. Birds, p. 63. pi. 9. 



Edwards. 34O. male. 341. female. 

 Purple-breasted Chatterer. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 94. 2. 



LENGTH eight inches and three quarters : beak 

 black : the head, all the upper parts of the body, 



