ORNITHOLOGY. 



PLATE XIV. 



AMPELIS CAY ANA 

 PURPLE-THROATED CHATTERER. 



Passeees. 



generic character. 



Bill straight, convex, slightly incurvate : mandibles notched : 

 nostrils covered with bristles: tongue acute, cartilaginous^ bifid: 

 middle toe connected at the base to the outer one. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Caerulean blue: neck beneath violet: quill and tail feathers 

 black, edged with blue. 



Ampelis Cayana : nitida caerulea, collo subtus violaceo. Lifm, 



SysU \,p, 298. e.—Gmel, Syst. \.p. 840. 



Ampelis Cayana : nitida caerulea, collo subtus violaceo remigibus 



rectricibusque nigris caeruleo marginatis. Lath» 

 Ind, Or7i. I. 365. S. 



