COTINGA. 299 



541. Cotinga cotinga. 



PuRrLE-BREASTED CHATTERER. 



Ampelis cotinga Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 298, 1766; Cab. in Schomb. Eels. 



Guian. iii'. p. 693, 1848. 

 Ampelis ceerulea Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 693, 1848. 

 Cotinga ecerulea Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 304 (Bartica Grove, Atapurau 



River) ; Solater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 382, li^8 (Carimang 



River, Atapurow River, Bartica Grove). 

 Cotinga cotinga Brabourne & Chubb, Birds S. Amer. i, p. 322, no. 3291, 



1912. 



Adult male. Head, sides of face, hind-neck, entire back, upper 

 ■wing-coverts, scapulars, tipper and under tail-coverts, lower 

 abdomen, and flanks ultramarins blue, with black bases to the 

 feathers ; base of forehead and a ring of short feathers round the 

 eye black ; greater upper wing-coverts, bastard- wing, primary- 

 coverts, flight-quills, and tail-feathers uniform black ; throat, 

 breast, and abdomen rich purple, with white bases to the feathers ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts black, some of the feathers 

 tipped with blue, especially those round the edge of the wing ; 

 under surface of flight-quills and lower aspect of the tail silky 

 black. 



Total length 170 mm., exposed culmen 12, wing 109, tail 62, 

 tarsus 19. 



The specimen described was collected on the Ituribisi River. 

 Adult female. Greneral colour above, including the head, back, 

 wings, and tail, blackish brown, with white or bufiy-white edges to 

 the feathers, more broadly on the inner margins of the flight- 

 quills ; throat grey, with rather darker centres to the feathers ; 

 remainder of under surface dark brown, with white edgings to the 

 feathers becoming creamy-buff on the abdomen and flanks, where 

 the margins are increased in width ; under tail-coverts, axillaries, 

 and under wing-coverts uniform buff, the small coverts on the 

 outer edge of the wing dark brown margined with buff ; inner edges 

 of the quills and tail-feathers also buff; the remaining portion of 

 the quill -lining, greater under wing-coverts, and lower aspect of 

 tail greyish brown. 

 Wing 109 mm. 



The female described was also collected on the Ituribisi E.iver. 

 The young male in its first plumage is similar to the adult 

 female but somewhat darker. 



