ptTii:l>Li:-SkEASTED BLUE manaktt;. 
enliveriing the whole. The wcrth is intrinsic ; 
it is expressive ; it is inimitable ! AH the spe- 
cies — or if we chuse, all the branches — of the 
brilliant family of the Cotingas, belong to the 
Xe-vV Continent; and there is no foundsrion 
for what seme hare alledcied, that ther are 
found in Senegal. Thev appeir to delight in 
warm coutitries: they seldom occur south of 
Brasil, or roam north of Mexico ; and, con*^- 
quentlv, they would hardlv traverse the im- 
menre stretch of ocean that separates the con- 
tinents in those latitudes. All that we know 
of their habits is, that they never perform 
distant journies; but have onlv periodical flit- 
tings, which are confined within a narrow 
circle: thev appear twice a vcarih the planta- 
tions ; and, though thev all arrive nearly at 
the same tl:Te, thev are never observed in 
flocks. Thev generally haunt the sides of 
creeks, in swampv groui^.d, which has occasi- 
oned some to call them water-fowls; tmd Mr. 
Edwards, who was unacquainted with the 
(tf cnomv of the Cotingas, coiijeftured, from 
the striM^lufe of their feet, that thev frequented 
marshes. Ther find, a\nont!j the aquatic 
plants, abundance of k^ec^s on which thev 
feed; 
