188 CHATTERER. 



darkest; all the under parts from the chin to vent, light grey; under 

 the wings and tail, with its coverts, pale grey. 



Inhabits Cayenne. M. Levaillant seems to think this may be dis- 

 tinct; yet seems uncertain of its being only a female, or young bird, 

 either of the Pompadour, or some other Species. 



20.— POMPADOUR CHATTERER. 



Ampelis Pompadora, Ind.Orn.\. 365. Lin.'i. 298. Gm.Lin.'i. 839. Borowsk. iii. 



172. Spalowsk. i. t. 22. Nat. Misc. pi. 813. 

 Cotinga purpurea, Bris. ii. 347. t. 35. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 254. 



■ cinereo-purpurea, Bris. ii. 349.- Id. Svo. i. 255. — female. 



Turdus puniceus, Pall. Adumb. 99. 



Le Pacapac, Levail. Am. Sf hid. i. 91. pi. 31. — male. Id. p. 96. pi. 32. — female. Id. 



pi. 33.— young bird. Bvf. iv. 448. PI. enl. 279. 

 Carmin de la Guiana, Gabin. de Madrid, i. p. 71. lam. 32. 

 Grey Chatterer, Gen. Si/n. iii. 97. — female. 

 Pompadour Chatterer, Gen. Syn. iv. 96. Edw. t. 341. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 430. pi. 36. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill and legs brown ; irides 

 light brown ; plumage in general tine glossy purplish red ; lesser 

 wing coverts the same ; the greater are narrow, long, and hollowed 

 beneath, the upper surface appearing ridged, and the tips bare of 

 webs; some of them are two inches in length, and hang in an elegant 

 manner over the quills, the shafts of them are white, and the webs 

 are wholly so, except just at the tips of some of the greater, which 

 are brown. 



The female is smaller. Bill brownish grey ; the plumage the 

 colour of red wine, or brown red ; beneath pale purple, mixed with 

 white, in patches ; the greater wing coverts are hollowed beneath, 

 as in the male, but not elongated ; under wing coverts white ; the 

 second quills white, the greater purplish black ; tail purplish brown ; 

 legs blackish. 



Young birds, of either sex, most like the females ; the general 

 colour cinereous brown, paler on the throat and breast, inclining to 



