LITTLE MAN AKIN. 31 



the bill was black : forehead, and between the 

 beak and eye, yellowish : the top of the head and 

 back of the neck black, marked with pale spots : 

 back and wing-coverts brownish yellow, with the 

 middle of each feather dark brown : the outer 

 edge of the wing, quills, and tail black, with white 

 spots : all the under parts of the body yellowish 

 white, with a red tinge on the breast : rump crim- 

 son ; lower part of the back dullyellow: legs brown : 

 another had only the top of the head black, spotted 

 with white : hind part of the neck blue grey : 

 forehead, and between the beak and eye, yellow- 

 ish ; the yellowish colour passing through the 

 latter. 



LITTLE MANAKI3ST. 

 (Pipra minuta.) 



Pi. grisea, caplte nigro albo punctato, pectore Jlavescente lixeis 



transfer sis nigris. 

 Grey Manakin, with the head black, spotted with white ; breast 



yellowish, with transverse black lines. 

 Pipra Minuta. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 34O. 13. Gmeh Syst. Nat. 



1. 1003. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 558. 12. 

 Little Manakin. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 526. 10. 



THIS little bird is the size of a Wren : head 

 black, each feather spotted with white : back and 

 wings grey : breast yellowish, undulated with 

 black: tail brown, with pale margins: male marked 

 with flesh-coloured spots on the fore-part of his 

 head. Inhabits India. 



