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them strong, distinct, and abrupt : many of these - 

 tangaras have a fine song. They seem to partake 

 much of the nature of our linnets, sparrows, and 

 finches. Some of them are fond of the plantations ; 

 others are never seen there, preferring the wild 

 seeds of the forest to the choicest fruits planted by 

 the hand of man. 



On the same fig-trees to which they repair, and Manikin 

 often accidentally up and down the forest, you 

 fall in with four species of Manikin. The largest 

 is white and black, with the feathers on the throat 

 remarkably long : the next in size is half red and 

 half black : the third, black, with a white crown : 

 the fourth, black, with a golden crown, and red 

 feathers at the knee. The half red and half black 

 species is the scarcest. There is a creek in the 

 Demerara called Camouni. About ten minutes 

 from the mouth, you see a common-sized fig-tree 

 on your right hand, as you ascend, hanging over 

 water; it bears a very small fig twice a year. 

 When its fruit is ripe, this manikin is on the tree 

 from morn till eve. 



On all the ripe fig-trees in the forest you see The 

 the bird called the small Tiger-bird. Like some 

 of our belles and dandies, it has a gaudy vest to 

 veil an ill-shaped body : the throat, and part of 

 the head, are a bright red ; the breast and belly 

 have black spots on a yellow ground ; the wings 

 are a dark green, black, and white ; and the rump 



