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68. PrpRA DELICIOSA, sp. nov. 
3. Fulvescenti-castanea, pileo antico coccineo: alis caudaque 
niugris, uropygio nigricante : hypochondriis et tectricibus sub- 
alaribus albis, margine axillari flavicante : rostro nigro, pedi- 
bus albidis. 
2. Obscure olivacea, subtus dilutior ; ventre, crisso et tectricibus 
subalaribus flavicantibus. 
Long. tota 3°5, alee 2°5, caude 0°8. 
Nanegal, three ex. ‘ 4. Irides red; bill black; legs and feet 
yellow ; testes very large ; gizzard contained minute-seeded fruit,” 
in another “ green berries.” “9. Irides hazel ; bill black ; legs and 
feet bluish flesh-colour; gizzard contained dark indigo-coloured 
fruit.” 
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This Manakin is one of the most brilliantly coloured birds of the 
charming group to which it belongs; and the male bird is further 
remarkable for the very curious structure of its wings, which merits 
a detailed description. The ten primaries are of the ordinary for- 
mation of birds of this family, the first being shorter than the second, 
third, and fourth, which are nearly equal and longest, and of about 
