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Ampelis Cinerascens, Vieil. Vail. Ois. Rar. 

 t. 144. 



Ash ; beneath paler ; quills and tail brownish. South 

 America. 



Ampelis Aureola, Vieil. 



Purple ; crown, front of wings, chest, and sides, orange- 

 yellow. South America. Perhaps a Var. of A. Pom- 

 padora. 



Ampelis Hypopyrra, Vieil. 

 Deep gray ; back greenish ; sides orange-red. 



Ampelis Purpurea, Licht. Ampelis Astro-Purpurea, 

 Pr. Max. ? 



Shining black-purple ; quills white ; primaries black- 

 tipt ; side tail-feathers externally red, internally white ; 

 when young, purplish-ash ; wings black. Bahia. 



Ampelis Cuprea, Merrem, Ic. Av. 1. 1. 2. is a Camifex. 



M. Le Vaillant properly separates from the Co- 

 tingas 



The EcHENiLLEURs, Ceblephyris, Cuv., 



whose singular character consists in the slightly elon- 

 gated stalks of the feathers of their croup. They live, 

 in Africa and India, on caterpillars, which they gather 

 from the highest trees, and have little of the character 

 of the true cotingas. The tail, rather forked in the 

 middle, is wedged on the sides. 



The name of the genus is taken from the Greek 

 name of an unknown bird. 



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