ORDER PASSERES. 359 



Red- breasted Roller. Coracias Scutata, 

 Lath. PI. 40. Mus. Levert. 



Black ; throat crimson. Brazils. 



Cuvier places here Ampelis Cinerea, as being more 

 allied to this than to the following genus. 



The Common Cotingas, 



Whose beak is rather weak, besides insects, seek 

 also berries and tender fruits. They reside in the 

 humid places of America, and are remarkable by the 

 purple and azure colours of the plumage of the males 

 during the breeding season. During the rest of the 

 year both sexes are tinted gray or 



The Ampelis Carnifex. L. PI. Enl. t. 378, 



Has the hood, the crupper, and the belly scarlet; 

 the rest reddish-brown ; the fourth quill-feather of 

 the wing is narrowed, shortened, and as if hardened. 



The A. Cuprea. Merrem Icon. t. 1. 2. 



Le Fompadour, A. Pampadora, L. Enl. 279, 

 Is of a fine bright purple colour, with the wing-quills 

 white ; the large coverts have the barbs red, and 

 disposed on two planes in an acute angle, like a roof. 



The Cordon bleu, A Cotinga, Z. Enl. 186 and 188, 



Is of the finest ultramarine, with the breast violaceous, 

 often traversed by a large blue stripe, and marked 

 with rosy spots. Vieillot makes PI. 186 a new 

 species under the name of A. Cwrulea. 



