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like the male but still retains on the under surface a trace of the 

 female plumage. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eygs. Undescrihed from British Guiana. 



liange in British Guiana, Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Kauiakabra River, Makauria River, Bonasika River, 

 Abarv River, Anarica River, Aarawai River, Arwye ('reek, Tiger 

 Creek Essequibo River (^McConnell collection^ ; Mount Roraima, 

 Kamakusa, Takutu River, Bartica ( Wliitely). 



Extralimital Range. ? Surinam. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus MANIKUP Desm. 



ManlTcup Desmarest, Hist. Nat. Tanagars, Manakins, et Todies, pi. G6, 

 1S05. Type M. olhifrons (Linn.). 



Fig. 23. — Manilcvp alhifrons. 



The type of this genus is easily distinguished by the long -white 

 lanceolate feathers on the top of the head and on the throat. 



The ^ving, which is rounded, has the third, fourth, and fifth 

 j)rimaries longest and equal, the second about equal to the seventh. 

 The tail is almost square at the tip and about half the length of 

 the wing. The feet are proportionally large, the tarsus about 

 one-fourth longer than the exposed j)ortion of the culmen. 

 Coloration : mule and female similar. 



