COCi^ PURPLE-BREASTED BLUE MANAKIN. 
For all that may be denominated the gene- i 
ral account of thcvse birds, of whose habits very- 
little appears to be known, the reader is referred 
to what has been said under the general title I 
of the Purple-Breasted Slue Manakin: and it j 
now only remains to describe, particularly, 
the Cock Bird , which we cannot do better^ 
than in the words of the ingenious Edwards, 
whose figure we have also adopted in the an- 
nexed print. 
" The bill/' says he, " is but small in pro-* 
portion, and black of colour, the point of the 
upper mandible a little over-hanging the lower. 
The head, hinder part of the neck, the back, 
lesser coverts on the upper sides of the wings, 
rump, and covert-feathers above and beneath 
the tail, are of a fine blue colour ; the quills, 
and the row of coverts above them wnthout- 
side, are black, with narrow blue edges ; the 
inner coverts of the wings are black, edged 
with greenish blue. The tail hath twelve fea- 
thers of equal length ; black above, with nar- 
row blue edges on the outer feathers. The 
tail and quill-feathers are dusky beneath. The 
throat, 
