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M A N A K I N. 



19. 



BLACK- 

 CROWNED M. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le Oifeau cendre de la Guiane, Buf. oif. iv. 430. 

 Manakin cendre de Cayenne, PL enl. 687. f. 1. 



E N G T H fix inches. Bill feven lines in length, and 

 black : the crown of the head is black : the upper parts of 

 the body and tail pale aih-colour : forehead, fides of the head 

 beneath the eyes, and all the under parts, greyifh white : the 

 greater coverts and quills are dufky black, edged with grey : tail 

 longer than in the Manakin genus, and fomewhat cuneiform : legs 

 pale grey ; the outer toes deeply united, like the laft fpecies. 

 This inhabits Guiana ; but is not common. 



20. 



PAPUAN M. 



Le Manikor, Buf. oif. iv. p. 431. 



■ de la Nouvelle Guinee, PL enl. 707. f. z. 



Description. 'THI S is a fin all fpecies, meafuring in length only three 

 inches and a quarter. The bill is fliort and black : the up- 

 per parts of the head, neck, body, wings, and tail, are greenifh 

 black ; the laft is not quite even at the end, the two middle fea- 

 thers being rather fhorter than the others : the under parts, from 

 the chin to the vent, dirty white : on the breaft an oblong orange- 

 coloured fpot, which reaches to the belly : legs dufky leadi- 

 colour. 

 Place. Inhabits New Guinea, 



Bttffon thinks that this fhould not be ranked with the Manakins, 

 from the place whence it was brought ; from the bill having no 

 notch ; and from the fhape of the tail : fuppofing the whole of 

 that genus to inhabit South America. 



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