436 SUPERB CHATTERER. 



the male: the upper parts of her plumage are 

 olive grey : her forehead and cheeks are white : 

 throat grey, edged with olive : breast and upper 

 part of the belly the same, tipped with yellow : 

 lower part of the belly and vent pale yellow : the 

 two middle tail-feathers like the back, the others 

 grey, edged with yellow. The note of these birds, 

 which is composed of the two syllables in, au, is 

 uttered in a drawling kind of tone, but may be 

 heard half a league off. They are common in 

 Cayenne and Brasil. 



SUPERB CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis superba.) 



AM. nitidissima ccerulea, sullus purpurea, macitlisfulvo-coccineis. 

 Chatterer of a shining blue, beneath purple, with fulvous scarlet 



spots. 



Ampelis superba. Shaw. Nat. Misc. vol. 19. 

 Superb Chatterer. Shaw. Nat. Misc. vol. ]Q.pl. 821. 



THIS most elegant and scarce bird has been 

 generally considered as the male of Ampelis co- 

 tinga, but Levaillant considers it as a distinct 

 species, as it differs very materially from that bird. 

 It inhabits Brasil. 



