T A B . Vili.
A M P E L I S GARRULUS.
CHARACTER GENERICUS.
Roftrum reftum, convexum: mandibiila fuperlore longiore, fubincurvata, utrlnque, emarginata.
Lingua acuta, cartilaginea, bifida. LIN. SYST. N A T . p. 297.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS, &c.
Ampelis occipite criftato, remigibus iecundariis apice membranaceo colorato.
L I N . SYST. N A T . p. 297.
Garrulus Bohemlcus. GESN. A V . 703.
Aldr. Orn. i. p. 796. t. 798.
Will. Orn. 90. t. 20.
Vivarium Naturae, tab. 135.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Bi/l ft rait, convex: upper mandible longeft, fomewhat incurved, and emarginated on each fide.
Tongue iliarp, cartilaginous, bifid.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c.
Ampelis with the hind-head crefted, and the fecondary wing-feathers terminated by coloured
appendages.
T h e Bohemian Chatterer. NATURALIST'S MISCELLANY, pi. 135.
THE American variety of the Ampelis Garrulus, which is frequently ieen in Carolina, is generally
fomewhat ihiailer than the European fpecies, and has commonly a yellow belly. The
manners and habits of this bird are lively: the European kind is fond of grapes, and has from
thence obtained the name of Ampelis. Thcfe birds are efteemed good food; they are very
common in Germany; and are faid to build in holes of trees: the real native place of the bird
is perhaps uncertain. The females are faid to want the red appendages on the fecondary remiges.
The American variety is not only common in many parts of North America, but is
alfo feen in fome parts of South America. In the neighbourhood of New York, it appears in
flocks about the end of March, and breeds there in May and June, and again retires In November.
The figure on the annexed Plate feems fcarce to differ from the European fpecies;
and is not diftinguifhed by any appearance of yellow on the belly; nor docs it leem to fall fiiort
of the European kind in point of lize.
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