PURPLE-BREASTED BLUE MANAKIK, 
same disposition as the Cock of the Rock, 
the Tody, and the Calao : viz, the middle toe 
is closely connected to the outer toe by a mem- 
brane, as far as the third joint, and the inner 
toe as far as the first joint only. But, as much 
as in that circumstance they resemble the 
Cock of the Rock, so much are they removed 
from the Cotingas: yet some authors,'* says 
BufFon, naming Edwards, in a note, as an in- 
stance, have ranged the Manakins with the 
Cotingas; others/' instancing Klein, " have 
joined them with the Sparrows ; Linnaeus with 
the Titmice; Klein, again, with the Linnets i 
Marcgrave, Willughby, Johnston, Salerne, 
and others, with the Tanagres; and Gerini, 
with the Wren. Other nomenclators, are 
more culpable, for denominating them Pipra, 
or for classing them with the Cock of the 
Rock,'* as is done bv Brisson ; to which 
they bear no analogv, except in this disposition 
of the toes, and in die square shape of the 
tail:* for, besides the total disproportion in 
size, the Cock of the Rock being as large, 
compared with the Manakins, as the Com- 
mon Hen contrasted with a Sparrow, there 
arc many other obvious characters which dis- 
tinguish 
