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Le Plumet blanc, Buf. olf. iv. p. 429. a 



Le Manicup de Cayenne, Pi. enl. 707. f. I. Var. A. 



""PH I S bird is fix inches in length ; and is remarkable for the Description. 



creft, which is compofed of fcattered white feathers, fome of* 

 which are above an inch in length, and give it a remarkable ap- 

 pearance. The bill is black, three quarters of an inch in length, 

 and a trifle curved at the tip: the whole front, as far as the eye, 

 the chin, and throat, are alfo, with the creft, white ; the whole of 

 this white is bordered with black, which is broadeft on the hind 

 head : the back and wings are of a dufky black ; and the reft of 

 the body and tail a bright cinnamon-colour, inclined to ferrugi- 

 nous : the legs are reddifh ; and the outer toe connected to the 

 middle as far as the fecond joint, like the reft of the Manakin 

 genus. 



Buffon will have thefe to be two different birds. The laft-de- Piacs.- 



fcribed comes from Guiana, where it is faid to be rare. It feems 

 to have a much longer creft than that of Edwards, projecting 

 into an irregular long tuft on each fide over the eye j whereas 

 that of Edwards's is perfectly regular. The bill too in Buffon's 

 bird feems a trifle curved at the tip ; while that of Edwards's is 

 ftrait. Yet the colours very nearly correfpond, and the diftribu- 

 tion of them exactly fo : the toes likewife are united exactly in the 

 fame manner in both birds. I have feen a fpecimen of that in the 

 Planches enluminees ; and find it to be exactly copied. Edwards's 

 bird has not yet come under my infpedtion. Surely they are no 

 other than male and. female, with a little variety of climate. 



Edwards's bird came from South America. 



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