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CUPREOUS CHATTERER. 



The note of this bird is very similar to the word 

 Ouette^ from whence it has received a correspond- 

 ing name by the natives of the parts it inhabits : 

 it is in length seven inches : the male has the 

 beak dull red : the head is crested, and with the 

 lower part of the back and belly, the rump, thighs, 

 and vent, is of a bright crimson ; the rest of the 

 plumage is of a dull red, with the tips of the 

 feathers dusky : the tail is crimson, with the tip 

 black : the legs are dirty yellow : the female is 

 entirely of a reddish brown, with the wings and 

 tail tipped with black, as in the male. 



This bird is very common in Cayenne, Guiana, 

 and many other parts of South America. 



CUPREOUS CHATTERER. 

 ( Ampelis cuprea.) 



Am. olivacetty pennis apice cupreo-aurantiis, pileo rubro, genis 

 aurantiis, pectore abdomineque sanguineis margine viridi-mten- 

 iibus. 



Olivaceous Chatterer, with the tips of the feathers of a golden 

 copper ; the top of the head red ; the cheek orange ; the breast 

 and abdomen blood-coloured, edged with shining green. 



Ampelis cuprea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 366. 8. 



Ampelis coccinea. Gmel. Syst.Nat, 1. 839. 



Cupreous Chatterer. Lath. Syn, Sup. IL IQO. 2. 



Very similar to the preceding, but sufficiently 

 distinct: its prevailing colour is olive, with the 



