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THE BLUE-BACKED MANAKIN. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill fliorter than tlie head, fomewhat triangular at the bafcj bent at 



the tip. 

 Feet grefforial. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Black Manakin, with blue back and fcarlt? creft^ 

 Blue-backed Manakin. 



Edwards, t. 261. 

 Manakin noir huppe. 



Buff. />/. enl. G%-i. f. 1. 



fT^HE Pipras or Manakins are in general fmall, and mod of them are 

 -*- remarkable for the peculiar neatnefs and beauty of their appearance. The 

 prefent fpecies has long been known to naturalifts, and is found, like moft 

 others of its genus, in the warmer parts of South America. 



Its prevailing colour is a fine velvet-black. Tlie head is ornamented by a 

 creft of the richeft fcarlet. The back is of a beautiful pale blue : the fmaller 



wing- 



