

I.I ( Tt HK VI. iv? 



\\ itli tin* In -ad l ;id-eo|,,nn d or Mueish grey, the 

 body \\hite beneath. 



Of tin exotic Thru.slios none arc more remark- 

 able than the celebrated bird called th. .]/, I i//^- 

 Thrushj or mocking-bird of America, tin- I Or- 

 pheii- and PoK <^lottus of Linna-nv C)i' this bird 

 an animated description may be found in Mr. 

 Pennant's Arctic Zoology. 



The genus .-Impcli? or Chati. r< r, uhicli is very 

 nearly allied to that of Thrush, ditll r> in having 

 the nostrils conc< -al< d ly small bristles growing 

 over them. 



It is not a numerous LM -nn>, lnt i>> remarkable 

 for the extreme .splendor of it> colour. The Am- 

 pelix ( for instance, or Ultramarine Ampelis, 



is of so intense and brilliant a blue as scarcely to 



ui|.;i-. d b\ any other natural object, not 

 n by the bine exhibited on the wings of some 

 of the larger exotic Butterflies. The Pompadour 

 Ampelis is remarkable for its fine purple colour: 

 both these species are natiu- of South America*. 



* In the large picture at present before us, may be seen both 

 these beautiful species by the ingenious pencil of the Chevalier 

 de Barde; they are taken from select specimens in the Leverian 

 Museum. 



