PURPLE-BREASTED BLUE MAKAKIN. 
. Our Purple-Breasted Blue Manakin of Ed- 
"vvards, is said to be, in fa£i:, the Ampelis Co- 
tinga of Linnaeus, and the Cordon Bleu, of 
BufFon. It is called the Thrush of Rio Ja- 
neiro, and the Creoles term it the Hen of the 
Woods. BufFon says, that *^ a bright blue is 
spread on the upper part of the body, of the 
head, and of the neck, on the rump, the supe- 
rior coverts of the tail, and the small coverts 
of the wings: the same colour appears, also, 
on the inferior coverts of the tail, the lower 
belly, and the thighs. A fine violet purple 
covers the throat, the neck, the breast, and a 
part of the belly as far as the thighs ; and on 
this ground is traced, at the breast, a belt of 
the same blue with that of tlie back, and wliich 
has procured this bird the appellation of Blue 
Riband, or Knight of the Holy Ghost. Below 
the first belt, there is, in some subjc6ls. ano- 
ther of a beautiful red, besides many flame- 
spots on the neck and the belly: these spots 
are not disposed regularly, but scattered with 
that negligence in which nature seems to de- 
light, and which art labours in vain to imitate. 
All the quills of the tail, and of the wings, 
are black ; but tlio.^e of the tail, and tlie mid- 
