ORDER PASSERES. 427 



The Manakins, (PipRA/Lin.) 



are a small genus of America, with compressed 

 beak, more high than broad sloped, large nasal fosses, 

 and short tail. They are, in some respects allied to 

 the ant-eaterSj if their feet were not short, and if they 

 were not otherwise distinguished from all other denti- 

 rostres, by having their two external toes united at 

 nearly half their length. In other respects, the short 

 beak and general proportions have a long time caused 

 them to be considered like our titmice. We should 

 put at their head, and in a separate group, 



The Rock Manakins, (Rupicola,) 



which are large, and bear on their heads a double 

 vertical crest of feathers arranged like a fan. The 

 adult males of the two known species are of the finest 

 orange, and the young of an obscure brown. These 

 birds live on fruits, scratch the earth like hens, and 

 make their nests with dry wood in the deep caverns 

 of the rocks. The female lays two eggs. 

 They are confined to South America. 



Rocic Manakin, or Hoopoe, Hen. Pipra Rupicola, 

 Lin. PI. Enl. t. 39. f. 47. 



Crest erect, purple edged ; body saffron ; red wing- 

 coverts truncated ; length eleven inches and a half. 

 Surinam. 



Peruvian Manakin. Pipra Peruviana, PI. Enl. t. 745. 



Saffron-red ; larger wing-coverts ash ; quills and tail 

 black. Peru, 



