riPRA. 243 



Nnst. See Beebe, infra. 



Fggs. See Beebe, infra. 



Range in British Guiana. Bartica, Bonasika liiver, Anarica 

 Biver, Abary River (MrConnell collection) ; Meiuiiie Mountains 

 and Mount Roraima {Whitely). 



Extralimital Range. Trinidad, Venezuela, (Colombia, Bust 

 Ecuador, North-east Peru, North Brazil. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 696) 

 this bird inhabits the light coast-woods and feeds chiefly on juicy 

 fruits. Schomburgk says that he had a good opportunity of 

 observing it during a stay at the mouth of the Barima River. 

 He writes : — " Close to the camp stood a fig-tree full of small 

 ripe fruit, which was visited all day by numbers of this bird 

 for the. purpose of feeding on the fruit.'" He did not observe 

 it breeding. The " Warraus " call it Okies. 



The following notes have been copied from Beebe (Tropical 

 Wild Life in British Guiana, pp. 234-237) :— 



" These charming little birds were abundant, and often seen in 

 the jungle, either in pairs or in company with small flocks of 

 other birds. But their liEe-history as noted in our records was as 

 fragmentary as the brief glimpses we had of them. Then came 

 a series of lucky birds' nesting days and we discovered four nests 

 of the orange-headed manakins. 



"The first was close to an animal trail in heavy reedy second 

 growth about a mile from Kalacoon. The nest was in a small, 

 slender-stemmed bush, only three feet from the ground, in the 

 fork of a branch. There were two eggs, and as we did not get a 

 chance to secure the female we disturbed neither eggs nor nest. 



"Three days later the bird left as we approached. Backing off 

 some distance, we squatted and waited for her reappearance. In 

 five minutes she returned, settled on the nest, caught sight of us, 

 and flew up scolding harshly. She was uniformly dark olive-green, 

 with lighter throat, dark bill, and bright red legs and feet. At 

 this moment, without warning, a full-grown jaguar rushed us, 

 growling, turning aside when about eight feet away, only when 

 we stood up and he perceived that we were other than deer or 

 whatever jungle prey he had evidently expected. After the 

 excitement had passed, one of our number shot a bird from near 

 the nest, only to find that he had killed a helmeted flycatcher by 

 mistake. Ultimately the rightful owner returned and was secured. 



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