Head furnished with a fattened semicircular crest. 



ROCK SIANAKIX. 

 (Pipra rupicola. ) 



Pi. crista erecta margine purpurea, corpore croceo, tectricibus rec- 

 tricum truncatis. 



Manakin with an erect crest with a purplish margin, saffron- 

 coloured body, and truncated tail-coverts. 



Pipra rupicola. Lin. Si/st. Xat. 1. 338. l.Gmel. Syst. Xat. 

 1. 993. Lath. Ind. Om. 2. 554. 1. 



Coq-de-roche. Briss. 4. 437. t. 34./. l.Buff. Hist. Xat. Ois. 

 4. 432. f. 20. Buff. PL Enl. 3Q. male. 747. female. 



Hoopoe Hen. Edwards. 264. (caput.) 



Crested Manakin. P*> Gen. THrds. ftl-jC 10. 



Rock Manakin. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 518. 1. 



THE Crested or Rock Manakin is the size of 

 a middle-sized Pigeon; being about a foot in 

 length : beak yellowish ; above an inch long : 

 head with a flattened semicircular crest : pre- 

 vailing colour of the plumage saffron-orange : 

 quills part white, part brown ; their coverts loose 

 and fringed : upper tail-coverts long, slightly 

 webbed, and truncated at the end : base of the 

 ten inner tail-feathers orange, tips brown ; outer 

 feathers orange on the inner web at the base, the 

 other part brown ; all the feathers margined with 

 orange : legs, and claws, yellow : female entirely 

 brown, except the wing-coverts, which are rufous 

 orange : slightly crested : young bird of a yel- 

 lowish brown colour, or grey. 



This elegant species is found in many parts of 



