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UMBRELLA'd CHATTERjER. 

 (Ampells umbellata.) 



Am. nigra, crista veiiicali pennisque pectoraUbus dependentihus 



molaceo splendidis. 

 Black Chatterer, with the vertical crest and pendant breast 



feathers glossed with violet. 

 Ampelis umbellata. Shaxjo. Nat. Misc. vol. 21. 

 Cephalopterus ornatus. Geqffl Ann. du Mas. d'Hist, Nat. no. 



75./. 235. pi. 15. 

 Umbrella'd Chatterer. Shauo, Nat. Misc. vol. 2l.pl. 897. 



A VERY singular and highly elegant species, de- 

 scribed by Geoffrey de St. Hi] aire in the Annales du 

 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, where it is formed 

 into a genus by the name of Cephalopterus. 



It is nearly the size of a Jay, and its colour is 

 black ; the crest and the breast feathers, which 

 hang down, are richly glossed with violet. It is 

 an inhabitant of BrasiL 



