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the blood red military Chatterer Hzmatoderus militaris, 
the Pompadour Cotinga Xzpholena pompadora and the 
singular Bell-bird Chasmorhynchus niveus, 
The Manakins (Pzfrzdz) form a group comprised of 
about seventy species, referable to nineteen genera. 
They are small forest dwelling birds of bright plumage, 
and of the seventeen species recorded from here the 
most notable are Chiroxiphia pareola and Ceratopipra 
cornuta, 
The Tanagers as already stated, although penetrating 
into the Nearétic Region, are mainly a Neotropical group. 
Common types of the family are the Blue Sackie, Zanagra 
episcopus, the Cashew Sackie, Rhamphocelus Facapa, 
and the palm Sackie, Zanagra palmarum. The family 
is comprised of fifty-nine genera and nearly four hundred 
species, one of the genera, Ca//zste, containing some of 
the most gaudy of all birds, e,g., the Rainbow Tanager, 
Calliste tatao, which well deserves its popular title. 
Other fine and bright plumaged groups are the Jaca- 
mars (Galbulidz) the Trogons (Trogonidz) the pretty 
little Guit-guits, or sugar birds (Ceribidz) and the 
Toucans (Rhamphastide). 
Of the twenty-three bird-families peculiar to the Neo- 
tropical Region, the following eight are worthy of special 
note :— 
Steatornithide a ...Cariamide. 
Palamedewde ... dee ..-Psophidz. 
Opisthocomide ae ...linamide. 
Eurypygide@ ... ss .. Leheide. 
The first and third -families contain each a single 
species, viz: the Oil bird or Guacharo (Steatornis Cari- 
pensts) and the Hoatzin (Opzsthocomus hoatzin) a bird 
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