55 

 GENUS XIX. 



AMPELIS. 



Bill straight, convex, upper mandible curved and 

 notched ; tongue cartilaginous and bifid ; nostrils oval 

 covered with small feathers. 



1. GARRULUS. Lin. \ WAXEN, 



BOMB YCILLA BOHEMICA. Shaw j CHATTERER 



G. occipile cristatu, remiyibus, secundariis apice mem- 

 branaceo color a to. Shaw. 



The bill is black ; the irides purplish ; the feathers 

 on the head are long forming a crest ; the head, and 

 all the upper parts of the body are reddish ash colour; 

 the throat black ; the breast and belly inclining to 

 purple j the vent and tail coverts white ; the tail fea- 

 thers are black, tipped with pale yellow ; the quills 

 are black, the third and fourth tipped on the outer 

 edge with white, the five following straw colour, in 

 some bright yellow ; the secondaries are tipped with 

 white, each being pointed with a flat horny substance 

 of a bright vermilion colour. 



