182 CHATTERER. 



11— PARAGUAN CHATTERER. 



Guirahuro, Voy. d'Azara, No. 64. 



THIS is nine inches long. Bill and legs black ; irides chestnut; 

 plumage in general yellowish brown ; head and neck before dusky ; 

 wings and tail feathers edged with yellow ; all the under parts are 

 yellow. — Common in Paraguay, near stagnant waters, on the borders 

 the River Plate, in small flocks ; perches on trees near the water, 

 and reeds, sometimes on the ground ; suspends the nest among the 

 reeds, made of straws, without any lining ; lays three white eggs, 

 spotted with rufous. 



12.— SILKY CHATTERER. 



Ampelis Maynana, Ind. Orn. i. 365. Lin.'i. 29S. Gin. Lin.i. 840. Nat. Misc. pi. 765. 

 Cotinga Maynanensis, Bris.n. 341. t.34. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 253. 



a plumes soyeuses, Buf. \v. 447.' PL enl. 229. Levail. Am. et Ind.\. 132. pi. 43. 



Silky Chatterer, Gen. Syn. iii. 96. Shaw's Zool. x. 433. 



LENGTH seven inches and a quarter. Bill brown ; the feathers 

 of the head, and hind part of the neck, are long, narrow, and fine 

 blue, the base of them brown ; chin and throat deep purple; back 

 and rump, fore part of the neck, and from thence to the vent, blue, 

 like the head ; but the feathers white at the base, and blue only at 

 the tips; and the intermediate part being violet purple, gives the 

 appearance of blue and purple mixed, when the feathers do not lie 

 exactly over one another ; thighs brown ; quills blackish brown, 

 with the outer margins and ends blue; the two middle tail feathers 

 dusky brown, the margins and ends blue; the four next, on each 

 side, the same, the outer margins blue ; the exterior dusky brown. 



Inhabits the Province of Maynas, in South America, though 

 probably neither at Surinam nor Cayenne, since none have been 

 found at Cayenne. 



