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UMBRELLA'D CHATTERER. 



(Ampelis umbellata.) 



AM. nigra, crista verticali pennisque pectoralibus dependent ibus 



violaceo splendidis. 

 Black Chatterer, with the vertical crest and pendant breast 



feathers glossed with violet. 

 Ampelis umbellata, Shaw. Nat: Misc, vol. 21. 

 Gephalopterus ornatus. Geoff. Ann. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat. no* 



75. f. 235.pl. 15. 

 Umbrella'd Chatterer, Shaiu. Nat. Misc, vol. 21. pi. 8Q7. 



A VERY singular and highly elegant species, de- 

 scribed by Geoffroy de St. Hilaire in the Annales du 

 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, where it is formed 

 into a genus by the name of Cephalopterus. 



It is nearly the size of a Jay, and its colour is 

 black ; the crest and the breast feathers, which 

 hang down, are richly glossed with violet. It is 

 an inhabitant 



