‘their flight islow, 9 e 
entire a refemblance to the male, as not to be 


168 THE. NATURAL HISTORY 
ravi the male bie In the neighbourhood d 
thefe caverns. “ 
_ They are very fhy, ted difficult to be thot, fa 
as foon as they perceive the fowler, they fly with 1 
great rapidity, though to no very g reat diftance; 
a 
The female lays two eggs: as fhe ivanell 
years her plumage brightens, fhe difcontinues 
breeding, and it is aflerted, in time, acquires {0 
eafily diftinguifhable ; this too has been {aid to 
_be the cafe with feveral of the Gallinaceous birds, 
Though naturally wild, they have been tamed. 
fo far as-to go about with the poultry, to which 
tribe of birds they bear a confiderable rele 
blance. | : 
Tue BLUE BACK MANAKIN, 
ee beautiful crimfon a. the pinay on the tak 
thy 
as blue, on other parts black. ee : 
It inhabits Brazil, and Cayenne. J) 
- When young it is green, except its crimfon 
creft. > It frequents woods, feldom wandering | 
far, and fitting moftly perched upon the lower 
branches of trees, where it finds thofe feeds, and : 
.infe&ts, on which it feeds. Blue Back: Me 
_ nekins are frequently i in fmall flocks, and utter it 
-concett 
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