ORDER PAS5ERES. 3-59 



living chiefly on insects, are called Pcauhace, from 

 their cries. They are peculiar to America, and fly 



in troops in the woods in the pursuit of insects. 

 They are 



Muscicnpa RubricolUs, Gmel. PI. Enl. 3S1. 



Black : throat vrith a large red spot. — S<?e M. Bubri- 

 coUis. Spix. 



CoTwrias MilUaris. Shaw. Vail. O. A, t. 

 25, 26. C. Rubra, Vieil. 



Red ; qaill, tail, and beneath, bladd&b : bill red. South 

 America. 



Red-breaated RoUi*r. Corfuias Scufaia, 



Lath. PI. 40. Mui. Lever. 



Black; throat crimson. Brazils. 



Cuvier places here Ampeiis Cinentj, as being more 

 allied to this than to the following genus. 



The Common Cotingas. 



whose beak is rather weak, besides inse<^, 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 brown. 



The Ampdis Carnifis. L PI. Enl. t. 37S, 



has the hood, the crupper, and the belly scarlet : 



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