﻿p2 M A N A K I N. 



4- 



Var. A. 



Manakin a tete noire de Cayenne, PL enl. 303. f. 1. 



Description. 'T 1 H I S is precifely the fame, but the white fpot on the wing 

 is wanting : the legs yellow. Moil likely a variety, or 

 fexual difference. 

 Place. Thefe birds are common at Guiana, efpecially in the fkirts of 



woods j for they do not fancy open places and moifl meadows, 

 like many of the genus. They keep together in fmall flocks, 

 like other Manakins, but do not mix with them : are often found 

 on the ground ; now and then on low branches of trees ; frequent 

 in the neighbourhood of ants-nefts, and are obferved to leap up 

 frequently, being flung by them, as is fuppofed, in the legs, fet- 

 ting up at the fame time a cry, not unlike that of cracking a 

 nut, repeating this pretty often. They are very lively birds, 

 and of a reftlefs nature ; feldom feen in a (till pofture, though 

 not able to fly far at a time. 



5- Pipra erythrocepftala, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 139. N° 6. 



HEADED M. ^ e Mankin a tete d'or, Brif. orn. iv. 448. N° 4. pi. 34. f„ 2. — Buf. oif. iv. 



418.— PL enl. 34. f. 1. 

 Golden-headed black Titmoufe, EJiu. pi. 21. — Gen. of Birds, p. 64. pi. 

 10. t. 2. 



Description. T' ENGTH three inches and a quarter. Bill five lines, and 

 of a dull yellow : crown of the head, nape, and cheeks, of 

 a bright golden orange : reft of the body, wings, and tail, of a- 

 purplifli black : garter orange : legs flefh-colour. 



Pipra 



