242 MANAKIN. 



38— BLACK-EARED MANAKIN. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill short as in other 

 Manakins, and pale brown; head, cheeks, neck behind, sides, and 

 body above, dusky, with a greenish tinge ; over the eye a black 

 streak, passing some way down on the ears, where it greatly increases 

 in breadth; chin, middle of the throat, breast, and belly, white; 

 quills brown ; tail dusky, and longer than usual in the Genus, 

 equalling one inch and a half; the wings reach to about the middle 

 of it ; legs longish, pale yellow. 



Inhabits New-Holland. — Mr. Francillon. It has many things 

 in common with the Caerulean, but differs in having the black over 

 the eye and ear, and a somewhat longer tail. 



39— LITTLE MANAKIN. 



Pipra minuta, Ind. Om. ii. 558. Lin. i. 340. Mas. Adolp. iii. 34.* Gm. Lin. i. 1003. 



Motacilla minuta, Syst. Nat. Ed. x. p. 189. 



Little Manakin, Gen. Spi. iv. 526. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 31. 



SIZE of a Wren. Head black, each feather marked with a 

 round white spot ; back and wings grey; breast yellowish, crossed 

 with lines ; tail brown, the feathers margined with pale brown. 



The male has a flesh-coloured line on the fore part of the head, 

 clotted with white behind. — Inhabits India. 



40.— PAPUAN MANAKIN. 



Pipra Papuensis, Ind, Om. ii. 561. Gm. Lin. i. 1004. 

 Le Manakin, Buf. iv. 431. PI. en/. 707. 2. 

 Gobe-mouche, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxvii. 

 Papuan Manakin, Gen. Syn. iv. 532. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 20. 



LENGTH three inches and a quarter. Bill black ; the upper 

 parts of the head, neck, body, wings, and tail, greenish black ; the 



