CHATTERER. 189 



white near the vent ; tail cinereous brown ; upper wing coverts the 

 same, the others dusky, margined with greyish white. Independent 

 of the above, the bird puts on other varieties in plumage, owing to 

 the change from one season to another, as well as different periods 

 of age. 



Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana, appearing twice in the year, 

 March and September, shifting quarters to other parts in the inter- 

 mediate season ; it feeds on fruits, and is chiefly found on the borders 

 of rivers, making the nest on the highest branches of trees, never in 

 woods : the female lays four white eggs. 



21— GREY CHATTERER. 



Ampelis cinerea, Lid. Orn. i. 367. 



Lanius Nengeta, Gm. Lin. i. 298. 7. |3. 



Variete de Guirarou, Buf. iv. 461. 



Cotioga gris de Cayenne, PL enl. 699. 



La Pepoaza dominicain, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 203 ? 



Grey Chatterer, Shaw's Zool. vii. 427. 



Grey Shrike, Gen. Syn. i. 184. 36. A. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill red; plumage in 

 general ash-colour, paler beneath ; quills and tail nearly the same 

 as the back ; the tail even at the end ; legs reddish. 



Inhabits Cayenne. One of these, which came under our view, 

 was scarcely seven inches long; beneath from the breast, yellowish 

 white ; tail ash-colour; the outer edge of the exterior feather marked 

 with light grey. Probably a young bird of the Pompadour, or last 

 Species. 



22.— WHITE WINGED CHATTERER. 



SIZE and make of the Pompadour Species ; but the general 

 colour of the plumage is dark purplish black. The bill, too, is 

 somewhat longer and stouter, and a trifle broader at the base than 



