28 BLACK-CROWDED MAKAKIN. 



under parts of the body white, which colour passes 

 round the neck, and forms a ring : wings with a 

 large white spot : rest of the plumage dull black : 

 legs orange : female ? without the white spot on 

 the wings. 



Found on the borders of woods in Guiana ; fre- 

 quenting the neighbourhood of ants nests, and 

 are observed frequently to leap up, uttering a cry, 

 similar to the crack of a nut, which they frequently 

 repeat : they are not able to fly far at a time, but 

 they are very restless, and are seldom seen quite 

 still. 



BLACK-CROWNED MANAKIN. 

 (Pipra atricapilla.) 



Pi. cinerca subtus griseo-alba, tectricibus alarum majoribus remi- 



gibusque nigricantibus, vertice nigro. 

 Ash-coloured Manakin ; beneath grey white, with the greater 



wing-coverts and quills dusky, crown black. 

 Pipra atricapilla. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 1003. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



561.22. 



L'Oiseau cendre* de Guiane. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 430. 

 Manakin cendre de Cayenne. Buff. PI. Enl. 6^.f. 1. 

 Black-crowned Manakin. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 532. 19. 



THIS inhabits Guiana : beak black : upper parts 

 of the body and tail pale ash-colour, the. latter 

 longer and more cuneiform than the rest of the 

 genus: crown of the head black: forehead, cheeks, 

 and all the under parts of the body greyish white : 

 greater wing-coverts and quills dusky black, with 

 grey edges : legs pale grey : length six inches. 



