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SILKY CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis Maynana.) 



AM. nitida ccerulea, gula violacea, remlglbus intus albis. 

 Shining blue Chatterer, with the throat violet, and inner webs 



of the quills white. 

 Ampelis Maynana. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 298. 5. GmeL Syst. Nat. 



1. 840. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 365. 5. 



Cotinga Maynanensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 341. 2. pi. 34. f. 2. 

 Le Cotinga a plumes soyeuses. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 447. 



Buff. PI. Enl. 229. 

 Silky Chatterer. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 96. 5. 



THIS elegant bird is above seven inches in 

 length ; and is thus described by Dr. Latham : 

 " beak brown : the feathers of the head and hind 

 part of the neck are long and narrow, and of a 

 fine blue ; the base of them brown : the chin and 

 throat deep purple : the back and rump, fore-part 

 of the neck, and from thence to the vent, of the 

 same blue as the head ; but the feathers are white 

 at the base and blue only at the tips, the inter- 

 mediate part being of a violet purple, so that, ex- 

 cept the feathers lie exactly over each other, this 

 last colour seems mixed with the blue : the thighs 

 are brown: the quills and tail are blackish brown j 

 the outer margins and ends blue ; but the outer 

 ones only brown : the legs are black. The feathers 

 of this bird have the appearance of silky hairs, 

 serving to distinguish it from the others, and the 



