PURPLE-BREASTED BLUE MANAKIN. 
tlnguish them. Their hill is much shorter in 
proportion; they are, generally, not crested ; 
and, in those which have a crest, it is not 
double, as in the Cock of the Rock, lut 
formed by single feathers somewhat longer 
than the rest. We ought, therefore, to re- 
move from the Manakins, not only the Horn- 
bills, but the Cock of the Rock, and reckon 
them an independent genus,'* 
To this account of the Manakins, we shall 
add BufFon's general description of the Co- 
tingas. " Few birds have such beautiful 
plumage as the Cotingas; all those who have 
had an opportunity of seeing them, whe- 
ther travellers or naturalists, seem to liave 
been charmed, and speak of them with rap- 
ture. Nature has sele6led lier choicest and 
her richest colours, and spread them with 
elegance and profusion: the painting glow^ 
with all the tints of blue, of violet, of red, of 
orange, of purple, of snow-white, and of 
brilliant black. Sometimes, these tints meu 
into each other by the sweetest gradations ; at 
others, they are contrasted with wonderful 
taste : the various reflexions heightening and 
enlivening 
