THE OAT.YFTOMENA AIEIDIS. 



The Cali/ptoiiicnn rin't/is, of which we give an eng-raving, was so named by Ilorsficld ; it 

 is called by Temmiuck lliipicola cirkU.'i. It inhabits some of the islands of the Ivist, as 

 Sumatra and Java. Its plumage is of a beautiful emerald green; and its wings are 

 traversed by three black bands. The colour of this bird so blends with that of tlie tree 

 on which it lives that the observation of it is not easy, and hence the species appears to 

 be rare. 



THE FORK-TAILED MANAKIX.* 



The Fork-tailed Slanakin is one of the birds which represents this family in America. 

 Its beak is short and bent ; its tail, as the name of the bird implies, is greatly forked. 



Great numbers of the true manakins, forming the restricted genus Pipm ; arc 

 discovered in caverns, where one cannot enter except with torches. The male and 

 female are equally lively and extremely wild. It is impossible to shoot them, except 

 by remaining concealed behind a rock for some hours ; for the instant they perceive 

 the hunter, they fly off very rapidly ; but their flight is short and low. The males 

 issue from the caverns more frequently than the females, which seldom show themselves, 

 and probably only come out during the night. They have the habit of scratching the 

 ground, and clapping and shaking their' wings like cocks and hens ; but this is the only 

 point of relation between them and the latter birds, for they neither have the crowing 

 of the cock nor the crying of tlie hen. They are easily tamed, and sometimes left at 

 liberty to live and run about ■\\ith the poultry. 



The manakins, which have been principally observed in Guiana, prefer Innnid and 

 cool woods to the hot and dry lands. They do not, however, frequent marshes, or the 

 borders of streams. They onl}- perch on the middle branches of trees in the woods, 

 which they never quit to proceed into the open plains or to the neighbourhood of 

 habitations. They assemble iu the morning, in small troops of from eight to ten in 



Aiiipelis Ganulus. — Pciui . 



