POMPADOUR. 
Ferrers. They were said to be for Madame 
Pompadour. It being a bird of excessive 
beauty, 1 hope tliat lady will forgive me for 
calling it by her name. It is a native of 
Cayenne, in South America. It is figured 
and described by Brisson, vvho calls it Cotinga 
Pourpre." 
BufFon recognizes the above resemblancss 
! between this bird and the Garrulus, or Chat- 
terer. He observes, that the shape of their 
bill; their size; the proportional dimensions 
of their tail, their feet, &:c. agree: but that 
the insrin6tsare very different; since the Com- 
mon Chatterer prefers the mountains, and ail 
the species of the Cotingas frequent low 
\ marshy grounds. BufFon adds, that the Pom- 
padours are migratory ; appearing in Guiana, 
near the inhabited spots, in March and Sep- 
tember, when the fruits on which they feed 
jare. ripe. They lodge, he says, among the 
large trees on the banks of rivers, and nestle 
on the highest branches, but never retire into 
the wide forests. 
The total length of the, Pompadour, ac- 
cording 
