4SO POMPADOUR CHATTERER. 



and wing-coverts, of a splendid glossy blue : the 

 greater coverts, wings, and tail, black : the throat 

 and fore-part of the neck purple, varied with three 

 or four irregular patches of bright scarlet : breast 

 with a blue band, and in some individuals another 

 of scarlet ; rest of the under parts of the body 

 blue : legs dusky : the female has all the upper 

 parts of the body of a beautiful blue, and the 

 throat, neck, and breast, purple : the belly and 

 vent blue, in some places varied with black. In- 

 habits Brasil. 



POMPADOUR CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis Pompadoura.) 



AM. purpurea, tectricibus alarum proximis ensiformibus elongatis 



carinatis rigidis. 

 Purple Chatterer, with the feathers of the greater wing-coverts 



sword-shaped, stiff, elongated, and carinated. 

 Ampelis Pompadoura. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 298. 2. GmeL Syst. 



Nat. ]. 83Q. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 365. 6. 

 Cotinga purpurea. Briss. Orn. 2. 347 5. pi. 35. f. 1. 

 Cotinga cinereo-purpurea. Briss. Orn. 2. 349. 6. pi. 35. f. 2. 



young ? 

 Le Pacapac ou Pompadour. Biffi Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 448. 



Buff. PL Enl. 279. 

 Cotinga gris-pourpre. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 450. -Buff. PL 



Enl. 699. young ? 



Grey Chatterer. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 97. 6. A. young ? 

 Pompadour Chatterer, Edwards. 341. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 



96.6. 



