VELVETY MANAKIN 



These little manakins frequent the under- 

 growth of the jungles. I first saw them on 

 Barro Colorado Island. Though not so noisy 

 as Gould's manakin (Manacus v. vitellinus), the 

 males make similar characteristic snapping 

 sounds, restlessly flitting through the under- 

 growth. The females are less active and often 

 quietly approach and silently inspect the visitor 

 from some nearby branch. 



2. Pipra velutina minuscula Todd 



Velvety Manakin 



Length, 88 mm. (3.50 in.); tail, 26 mm. 

 (i.oo in.). 



Male. Very small. Velvety black with an 

 oval patch of bright cobalt blue on crown. Bill 

 black above, light colored below. 



Female. Upperparts and chest parrot green; 

 chin and throat grayish, breast greenish, remain- 

 ing underparts yellowish olive. Bill same as in 

 male. 



"Gatun. A bird of the forest." (Jewel.) 



3. Chiroxiphia lanceolata Sclater 



Sharp-tailed Manakin 



Chiroprion lanceolata RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and M. 

 Amer., IV, p. 737, 1907; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1918, p. 268. 



Length 127 mm. (5.00 in.); tail 49 mm. (2.00 

 in.). 



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