RED-WINGED CHATTERER. 



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The Pompadour Chatterer is seven inches and 

 a half in length : its beak is brown : the prevail- 

 ing colour of its plumage is of a glossy purple : 

 the feathers of the greater wing-coverts are nar- 

 row, long, and hollowed beneath, with their shafts 

 white, and the tips bare of webs ; they hang over 

 the quills, which are white, except the tips of a 

 few of the primaries, which are brown : the legs 

 are black : this species varies ih having a mixture 

 of brown with the purple ; the under tail-coverts 

 rose-colour, and the tail brown : it has also oe- 

 curred entirely of a grey brown. 



Common in Cayenne and Guiana : it makes its 

 appearance in the latter place in March and Sep- 

 tember : it feeds on fruits, and builds its nest in 

 high trees, near the margins of a large river. 



RED-WINGED CHATTERER. 



(Ampelis phoenicea.) 



Am. ccBruleo nigra, alarum tectricibus minorihus fulvo-coccineis. 

 Blue-black Chatterer, with the lesser wing-coverts of a fulvous 

 crimson. 



Ampelis phoenicea. Lath. Lid. Orn. i. 367. 12, 

 Red-winged Chatterer. Lath, Syn, Sup. 146. 10, 



Said to inhabit Africa; length about seven 

 inches and a half : the beak and legs black : the 

 prevailing colour of the plumage blue black, with 



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