BLUE-BACKED MANAKIN. 
BuFFON denominates this very beautiful 
bird " LeTije, ou Grand Manakin :" that is, 
* 4 the Tige, or Great Manakin." It is the 
Pipra- Pareola, of Linnaeus ; the Manacus 
Cristatus Niger, of Bnsson ; the Tije-Guacu, 
cf Marcgrave and Wiilughby ; and the Blue- 
Backed Manakin, of .Edwards, Latham, and 
others. 
The figure which we have annexed, was 
originally etched by Edwards from the bird 
itself, and of it's natural size. u The bill," 
lie says, " is of a dark brown colour, blackish.' 
at the point: die fathers round the base of 
the upper mandible of the beak are black. 
The crown of the head, from eye to eye, is 
covered with fine red or scarlet feathers of a 
iongish make, which it can raise in form of a 
crest; the back is of a hue blue colour: all 
the remaining plumage is black, with a shining 
glossy The legs and feet are dusky; except 
the 
