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Genus XLIV. MANAKIN. 
Ne.1. Superb M. 
2. Picicitl M. 
3. Miacatototl M.. 
4. Speckled M. 
N° 5. Supercilious M.- 
6. Czrulean M. 
7. Long-tailed M. 
%. Crimfon-throated M;,. 
Pipra fuperba, [nd. Oras ii. p.556. 4. 
Manacus fuperbus, Pall. Spic. fa/c. vi. pl. iti. f. 1. 
SIZE of the Blue-backed Manakin: bill black: general colour of | 
the plumage deep black; but the crown of the head has the 
feathers pretty long, forming a creft of a glowing red colour: back 
between the wings pale blue: prime quills brown: tail. fhort,. com-- 
pofed of ten feathers: legs yellowifh. 
This feems to differ very little from the Blue-backed Manakin. 
Pipra Picicitli, sd. Orz. ii. p. 559. 16.. 
Avis Picicitli Tetzcaquenfis, Ferz. NM, Hi/p..p.'§3. cap. CC.. 
HIS isa {mall fpecies: general colour cinereous :: head and neci: 
black: on the fides of the head a white fpot, in. which the eyes: 
are placed, which proceeds on each fide'to the breaft... 
Inhabits Mexico; appears there after the rainy feafon; is deftitute- 
ofa fong;. will not bear confinement ; is efteemed as. good food: not- 
known where it brzeds. 
Pipra Miacatototl, Ind..Orz, ii. ps 560; 19.—Ferzand. Hift. N; Hifp.p. 30:- 
gual S.is black, with white feathers intermixed ; belly pale: wings 
and tail beneath cinereous. 
Inhabits Mexico; is feen frequently perched on the Maize plants ; 
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