PURPLE-BREASTED CHATTERER. 



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Cotlnga Cayanensis. Briss. Oni. 2. 344. 32. pL 34. 3. 

 Cotinga de Cayenne. Bu(f, PL Enl. 624. 

 Le Quereiva. Buff, Hist. Nat, Ois, 4. 444. 

 Purple-throated Chatterer. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 95. 3. 



Inhabits Cayenne : its length is eight inches 

 and a half: its beak, tail, and legs, are black: the 

 prevailing colour of its plumage blue green, va- 

 ried with black, the bases of the feathers being of 

 the latter colour, giving it that appearance : the 

 greater wing-coverts and quills black, with blue 

 edges : the chin, throat, and fore-part of the neckj 

 of a most splendid purplish crimson. 



PURPLE-BREASTED CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis Cotinga.) 



Am. nitidissima ccemlea^ subtus purpurea, alis caudaque nigris. 

 Chatterer of a most splendid blue ; beneath purple; with the 



wings and tail black. 

 Ampefis Cotinga. Lin, Syst, Nat, 1. 298. 4,^Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 840.— jBm5. Orn, 2. 340. pi. 34./. 1,--Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



364. 2. 



Le Cordon bleu. Buff, Hist. Nat. Ois, 4. 442. jo. 21. 

 Cotinga du Bresil. Buff, PI. Enl. 188. male. 186. female. 

 Purple-breasted Manakin. Pen. Gen, Birds, p. 63. pi. 9.— 



Edwards, 340. male. 341. female. 

 Purple-breasted Chatterer. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3, g4. 2. ^ 



Length eight inches and three quarters : beak 

 black : the head, all the upper parts of the bodj, 



