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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. 



J^ffgs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Kamakabra River, Makauria River, Bonasika River, 

 Abary River, Anarica River, Aarawai River, Arwye Creek, Tiger 

 Greek Bssequibo River (McConnell collection') ; Mount Roraima, 

 Kamakusa, Takutu River, Bartica ( Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. ? Surinam. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus MANIKUP Desm. 



Manihup Besmarest, Hist. Nat. Tanagars, Manakins, et Todies, pi. 66, 

 1805. Type M. alUfrons (Linn.). 



Fig. 23. — Manihup 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 wing, which is rounded, has the third,, fourth, and fifth 

 primaries 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 portion of the culmen. 

 Coloration : m.^\e and female similar. 



