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BLUE-BREASTED CHATTERER, 



a polished steel gloss : the lesser wing-coverts of 

 a beautiful crimson, and some of them of a reddish 

 yellow : tail rather long. 



BLUE-BREASTED CHATTERER. 

 (Ampelis tersa.) 



x\m. nitida ccBridea, dor so nigra , abdomine albojlavescente. 

 Shining blue Chatterer^ with a black back, and yellowish white 

 abdomen. 



Ampelis tersa. Lin, St/st* Nat, 1. 298. 7. — GmeL Syst, Nat, 1. 



841"^ Lath, Ind, Orn. 1. 365. 4. 

 La Tersine. Buf. Hist. Nat, Ois, 4. 440. 

 Blue-breasted Chatterer. Lath, Gen, St/n, 3. 95. 4. 



This species, which is described by Linneus, 

 has the upper part of the head, the shoulders, 

 quills, and tail, black ; the throat, breast, lower 

 part of the back, and fascia on the wing-coverts, 

 pale blue ; the belly yellowish \vhite, deepest on 

 the sides, and the outer edge of the quills are 

 blueish : native place unknown : it appears to 

 have a great aflBnity to the following species. 



