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Show 262 AVES. One species only is known, which is the size of a rook, and the colour of Spanish snuff. From Cayenne.( l) CEPHALOPTERus, Geoff. In this subgenus, on the contrary, the base of the beak is furnished with feathers which open at top, and form a large panache resem-bling a parasol. One species only is known; it is as large as a Jay, and black; ' the feathers at the bottom of the breast form a sort of pendent dewlap. From the banks of the Amazon; Cephalopterus ornatus, Geoff., Ann. du Mus. XIII, pl. xv; Coracina cephaloptera, Vieill. Galer. 114; Temm. Col. 255; Corac. ornata, Spix, LIX. See Jlpp. XV of Jlm. Ed. AMPELIS, Lin. The Crown-Birds have the depressed beak of the Flycatchers, but it is somewhat shorter in proportion, tolerably broad and slightly arcuated. Those in which it is the most pointed and strong, have still a de· cidedly insectivorous regimen: they are called PIAUHAU from their note-the QuERULA, Yleill. They inhabit America, where they pur· sue Insects, in flocks.(2) THE CoMMON CRoWN-BIRDs, Whose beak is rather weaker, besides insects, feed on berries and tender fruits. They inhabit the low grounds of America, the mal:s being remarkable, at the nuptial season, for the brilliancy of their purple and azure plumage. During the rest of the year both sexes are grey or brown. A. carnifex, L.; L'Ouette, Enl. 378; Spix, V. The calotte, rump and belly scarlet; the rest brownish red; fourth quill of the wing narrowed, shortened and tough, or something like horn. Jl. pompadora, L.; Le Pompadour, Enl. 279. A fine light purple; wing-quills white; the barbs of the great coverts are (1) It is the Choucaa chauve, Buff., Enl. 521 (Corvus calvua, Gm.), the ~iseau mon pere of the negroTs of Cayenne, Vaill., Ois. d' Am. et des Indes, pl. XXIX· • (2) Here comes the ()ommon Piauhau,· black, with a purple throat, (Muse. rubri· collis, Gm.) Enl. 381; Vieill. Gal. 115, and the Great Piau/tau entirely purp.l~ (~O· tinga rouge, Vail., Ois. d'Afr. et des Indes, pl. xxv, and :xxvi, Coracias mtltt~s, Shaw). La Cotinga gria (.Jl.mp. cinerea), Enl. 699, is more nearly allied to the P«tt~haus than the common Crown-birds. The Piauhau ag orge aurm-e ( Caraciaa acutata, Lath. or Caracina scutata, T. ), 1 Co · 40, has ~narrower beak, and approaches more to Cephalopterus. PASSERINlE. 263 stiff and ar1·anged on two planes in an acute angle like a roof. /1. cotinga, L.; Le Cordon bleu, En I. 186 and 188. Of the most beautiful ultramarine, with a violet breast, frequently traversed by a large blue band and spotted with dark yellow.(l) TERSINA, Vieill. This subgenus consists of Crown-Birds whose beaks are a little wider at base.(2) CEBLEPYRrs, Cuv.(3) Has, in addition to the beak of the Crown-Birds, a singular character which consists in the somewhat prolonged, stiff and spiny stems of their rump feathers. They are found in India and Africa, where they feed upon caterpillars which they collect upon the highest trees, but they have nothing of the lustre of the true Crown-Birds. Their tail somewhat forked in the middle is sloped on the sides.( 4) We may also separate from them, • BoMBYCILLA, Briss. ' The Chatterers, in which the head is ornamented with a toupet of feathers somewhat longer than the rest, possessing moreover another singular character in the secondary quills of the wing, the ends of the stems being enlarged into an oval, smooth, and red disk. There is one in Europe, named, we know not why, .11. garrulus, L. Enl. 261. (The Bohemian Chatterer.) Somewhat larger than a finch; plumage of a vinous grey; throat black; tail black, edged with yellow at the tip; wings black, variegated with white. This bird visits Europe in flocks, at long intervals, and without regularity, from which circumstance, its presence, for a long time, was considered as an evil omen. It is very stupid, is easily captured and brought up; eats of every thing, and a great quantity. Its habitat is thought to be the extreme North. The flesh is esteemed a great delicacy. (1) Add ./l.. cayana, Enl. 624.-A. maynana, Enl. 299.-A. cucullata, t., Col. 363,. Swains. Zoo]. Ill. 37.-A. caprea, Merremic. Av., 1, 2, appears to be a variety of the carnifex. (2) .11.. tersa, Gm., La Teraine, Buff., Vieill., 119 or Procne tersine, Tern., Col. s. or Procnias hirundinacea, Swains. Zool. Ill. III, 21. (3) The Greek name of an unknown bird. Vieillot has since given to this genus the name of Campephaga. (4) Such are the Muse. cana, Gm., Enl. 54·1, or the Echenilleur ce:ndre, Vaill. ~fr., pl. clxii, Vieill., Galer. 130; the Echenilleur noi1·, Vaill. lxiv. His Ech.jaune 18 the young of the Tu1·dus plu:enicopterus, Tem. Col. 71.-Add Cebl. fimbriatus, Tem, Col. 249, 250. |