MANAKIN. 235 



A.— Le Plumet blanc, Buf. 429. 



Le Manicup de Cayenne, PL enl. 707. 1. Gen. Syn. iv. 531. A. Desm. Manak. 

 pi. 65. 



LENGTH six inches. In this the crest is composed of scattered 

 white feathers, some of them above one inch in length ; the bill is 

 black, three quarters of an inch long, and a trifle curved at the tip; 

 the front, as far as the eye, chin, throat, and crest, white, bordered 

 with black, which is broadest on the hindhead ; back and wings 

 dusky black ; the rest of the body bright cinnamon, inclined to 

 ferruginous ; legs reddish, the outer and middle toes connected to 

 the second joint, as in other Manakins. 



Inhabits Guiana, but is rare. It differs from Edwards's, in having 

 a longer crest, projecting into an irregular, long tuft on each side 

 over the eye; whereas, that of Edwards's is perfectly regular; but 

 as the colours of the plumage so nearly correspond, as well as the 

 union of the toes, it is most probable, that they are no other than 

 male and female. — That figured in PI. enlam. is exactly copied. 

 Edwards's bird has not yet come under my inspection. 



25— MIACATOTL MANAKIN. 



Pipra Miacatototl, Ind. Orn. ii. 560. 



Miacatototl, seu Avis germinis Maizi, Ferm. Hist. N. Hisp. p. 30. 



Miacatototl Manakin, Gen. Syyi. Sup. ii. 252. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 34. 



THE general colour of this bird is black, intermixed with white; 

 belly pale ; wings and tail cinereous beneath. 



Inhabits Mexico ; is seen frequently perched on the maize plants, 



affects the cooler situations, and is accounted good food. The 



Collared Species is called Miacatotl as well as this, but is clearly a 



different bird. 



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