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Per BYRD ss ** «& 
Another Chatterer, a variety perhaps of this 
fpecies, is found in America. It has been 6b- 
 ferved that the breaftbone of this bird is advan- 
q needa for cutting the air, from which 
it feems intended for diftant migrations, It is _ 
found from Canada to South Carolina. The 
oe has not the fealing-wax-like fubftance on 
her Wings 
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Tus POMPADOUR CHATTERER: 
os plumage i is of a beautiful purple, the greater coverts: 
: of the wing are long, narrow and hollowed beneath, the 
4 tips without webs, hanging elegantly over the quills. 
- The birds of this fpecies inhabit Cayenne in 
- North America ; are migratory, appearing in Gui- 
anain March and September, the feafons when 
thofe fruits are ripe on which they feed ; they fre 
quent high trees by the water-fide, and build their 
nefts on the higheit branches. They hever retire 
into the interior parts of the woods. 
Bea are feveral other {pecies of this beauti-. 
_ ful genus inhabiting nearly the fame countries, — 
_ and probably refembling thofe which have been : 
| _ deferibed in their manners; we will however men 
tion one other {pecies called the 
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