432 BLUE-BREASTED CHATTERER. 



a polished steel gloss : the lesser wing-coverts of 

 a beautiful crimson, and some of them of a reddish 

 yellow : tail rather long. 



BLUE-BREASTED CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis tersa.) 



AM. nitida c&rulea, dor so nigro, abdomine albojlavescente. 

 Shining blue Chatterer, with a black back, and yellowish white 



abdomen. 

 Ampelis tersa. Lin. Sysf. Nat. 1. 2Q9. 7. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 



841. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 365. 4. 

 La Tersine. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 446. 

 Blue-breasted Chatterer. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 95.4. 



THIS species, which is described by Linneus, 

 has the upper part of the head, the shoulders, 

 quills, and tail, black; the throat, breast, lower 

 part of the back, and fascia on the wing-coverts, 

 pale blue ; the belly yellowish white, deepest on 

 the sides, and the outer edge of the quills are, 

 blueish : native place unknown : it appears to 

 have a great affinity to the following species. 



