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LONG-TAILED MANAKIN. 
Generic Character. 
Bill fhorter than the head, fomevvhat triangular 
at the bafe, bent at the tip. 
Feet grefforial. 
Specific Character. 
BLUE MANAKIN with fcarlet crown, black 
wings, and the two middle tail-feathers 
elongated and acuminated. 
The Jides of the neck and tail have a green lufre. 
The bird here reprefented, which is unqueftion- 
a bly the moft brilliant of its tribe, and is befides a 
new and hitherto undefcribed fpecies, is figured in 
its natural lize. lake the reft of its genus it is 
principally found in the warmer parts of South 
America. 
