24 WHITE-CAPPED MAN AKIN. 



LENGTH three inches and a quarter : beak dull 

 yellow, nearly half an inch in length : cheeks, 

 crown of the head, and nape of the neck, bright 

 golden orange, with a ring of that colour round 

 the legs, which are flesh-colour: rest of the plum- 

 age, wings, and tail, of purplish black. There is 

 a variety which differs in having the top of the 

 head crimson, and thighs white, with a ring of 

 crimson round the lower part : the rest of the 

 body glossy black. Native of Brazil. 



WHITE-CAPPED MANAKIN. 

 (Pipra leucocilla.) 



Pi. atra, pileo albo. 



Black Manakin, with the top of the head white. 



Pipra leucocilla. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 340. 9. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



557. 8. 



Pipra leucocapilla. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1002. 

 Manacus albo-capillus. Briss. 4. 446. 3. t. 35.f- 2. 

 Le Manakin a tete blanche. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 41 8. -Buff. 



PI. Enl. 34. / 2. 

 White-capped Manakin. Edwards. 2<5o. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 



523. 6. 



LESS than P. erythrocephala : length rather more 

 than three inches : beak grey brown : crown of 

 the head white : remaining parts of the body of a 

 brilliant blue black: thighs with occasionally a 

 red garter : legs and claws reddish. 



