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YELLOW CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis luteus.) 



Am. corpore supra Jusco olivaceo^ subtus uropygio rectricibusque 



lateralibus luteis, macula Jaucium alba. 

 Chatterer with the body above of brown green ; beneath^ rump, 



and lateral tail-feathers, yellow; and a white spot near the 



gape. 



Ampelis lutens. Muse. Carls, 3. 70. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1.368. 

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Yellow Chatterer. Lath, Syn. Sup. II, 19O. 3. 



This anomalous species is six inches and a half 

 in length : its beak and legs are black : the sides 

 of the gape have a white spot : the upper parts of 

 the plumage are olive brown : the under parts 

 yellow, getting paler towards the vent, where it is 

 white : rump yellow : the two middle tail-feathers 

 black, with yellow tips ; the others dull yellow. 



PURPLE-THROATED CHATTERER, 

 (Ampelis Cayana.) 



Am. nitida cceruleaj collo subtus violaceo, remigibus rectricibusque 



nigris cceruleo marginatis. 

 Shining blue Chatterer, with the neck beneath violet ; the quills 



and tail-feathers black, margined with blue. 

 Ampelis cayana. Lin. Syst. Nat, 1. 298. 6. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



I. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 305. 3. 



