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mistaken for that sex ; but this is not singular, as the females of 

 various kinds of poultry — the Peacock, Pheasant, &c. undergo a 

 similar alteration of plumage, under the same circumstance. 



2.-PERUVIAN MANAKIN. 



Pipra Peruviana, Ind. Orn. ii. 555. 



Rupicola alis caudaque nigris, Gm. Lin. i. 998. 1. j3. 



Coq de roche de Perou, Buf. iv. 437. PL enl. 745. 



Peruvian Manakin, Gen. Syn. iv. 519. 1. A. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 10. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. The head crested as in the former, 

 but differing in shape ; for instead of it being in a precise, stiff, and 

 rounded form, it consists of long, loose feathers, which, begin- 

 ning over the bill, fall irregularly backwards over each other; the 

 colour of this crest, the head, neck, back, and all the under parts, 

 fine glowing scarlet; wings black, but the rump and second quills 

 are ash-colour ; tail nearly three inches long, very little rounded at 

 the end, and black ; the wing, when closed, reaches more than one- 

 third thereon ; bill and legs yellow. 



Inhabits Peru. — M. Temminck forms his Genus of Rupicola, 

 from these two species. 



3— BLUE-BACKED MANAKIN. 



Pipra Pareola, Ind. Orn. ii. 555. Lin. i. 839. Gm. Lin. i. 999. Borowsk. iii. 162. 



Mils. Lev. t. iv. 

 Cardinalis ex nigro caeruleus ecaudatus minor, Gerin. iii. t. 333. 

 Manaeus cristatus niger, Bris. iv. 459. t. 35. 1. Id. Svo. ii. 172. 

 Tije-guacu Marcg. Will. 159. Id. Engl. 218. Desm. Man. pi. 50, 51, 52, 53. 

 Le Tije, ou grand Manakin, Buf. 411. t. 19. 2. 



Le Manakin noir huppe, PL enl. 687. 2. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxv. 

 — — — — — verd huppe de Cayenne, PL enl. 303. 2. — young bird. 

 Blue-backed Manakin, Gen. Syn. iv. 520. Edw. pi. 261. 1. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 14. 



SIZE of a Sparrow ; length four inches and a half. Bill dusky ; 

 irides blue; plumage black, except the back and lesser wing coverts 



