222 BIRDS. INSECTIVOR^. 



P. pareola, Lin. Blue-backed Manakin. Head with a crest of bright 

 crimson feathers ; back and lower wing-coverts blue ; body black. 

 4| inches long. Inhabits S. America. Desm. Man. pi. 50-53. 



P. caudata, Lath. Long-tailed Manakin. Body blue ; crest crim- 

 son-coloured ; wings black, with the two middle tail-feathers elon- 

 gated and acuminate. Size of the preceding. Shaw, x. 15. 



P. strigilata, Tern. Back and wings green ; quills brown, edged 

 with white on their inner webs ; throat ashy green ; body beneath 

 yellowish-white, striated with brown ; male with a red crest. 

 Tern. PI. Col. 54, fig. 1, 2. 



P. Manacus, Lin. Plumage above black, beneath white, with a spot 

 on the neck and wings white. Four inches long, Inhabits Bra- 

 zil. Desm. Man. pi. 58. 



Gen. 22. PARDALOTUS, Vieill. 



Bill very short, thick, dilated at the base, with distinct ridge ; 

 both mandibles equally strong, and of the same length, con- 

 vex and a little obtuse, the upper one notched ; nostrils ba- 

 sal, lateral, covered by a membrane ; legs slender ; tarsus 

 longer than the middle toe. 



P. punclatus, Tern. (Pipra, Lin.) Gray Manakin. Plumage gray, 

 waved with brown ; crown and wings black, spotted with white ; 

 tail-coverts red. Inhabits New Holland. Shaw, Nat. Mis. 111. 



P. striatus, Tern. Gray-brown Manakin. Plumage gray brown 

 above, yellowish beneath; top of the head black, with white 

 stripes ; a deep yellow spot between the bill and the eye ; secon- 

 dary quills yellow at the tips. 4^ inches long. Inhabits Van 

 Dieman's Land. Shaw, x. pi. 4. 



P. superciliosus, Tern. Plumage chestnut red above, benerth yel- 

 lowish,- supercilia whitish above, margined with black; quills spot- 

 ted with white. Inhabits New Holland. Shaw, x. 34. 



Gen. 23. TODUS, Lin. 



Bill long, formed of two thin plates, broader than deep, with a 

 distinct ridge ; point of the upper mandible straight, divided 

 at the extremity, the lower obtuse and truncated ; nostrils 

 open and rounded ; base of the mandibles with long hairs ; 

 toes lateral, unequal ; the external united to tbe third joint, 

 the internal to the second, wings short, with the fourth quill 

 the longest. 



T. vlridis, Lin. Plumage green above, breast red, white below, 

 throat red. 3J inches long. N. America. Shaw, viii. pi. 16. 



Gen. 24. PLATYRHYNCHOS, Desm. 



Bill broader than the face, dilated on the sides, much depressed, 

 with the point bent and notched ; nostrils round, open, closed 

 above by a feathered membrane ; tarsus longer than the mid- 



