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WHITE-CAPPED MANAKIN. 



Length three inches and a quarter: beak dull 

 yellow, nearly half an inch in length : cheeks, 

 crown of the head, and nape of the neck, bright 

 golden orange, with a ring of that colour round 

 the legs, which are flesh-colour: rest of the plum- 

 age, wings, and tail, of purplish black. There is 

 a variety which differs in having the top of the 

 head crimson, and thighs white, with a ring of 

 crimson round the lower part : the rest of the 

 body glossy black. Native of Brazil. 



WHITE-CAPPED MANAKIN. 

 (Pipra leucocilla.) 



Pi. atra, pileo albo. 



Black Manakin, with the top of the head white. 



Pipra leucocilla. Lin, Syst, Nat. 1. 340. 9 Lath, Znd, Orn, 2. 



557. 8. 



Pipra leucocapilla. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 1002. 



Manacus albo-capillus. Briss. 4. 446. 3. t, 35. 2. 



Le Manakin a tete blanche. Buf. Hist, Nat. Ois, 4. 418.— Bw^. 



PI. Enl. 34./ 2. 

 White-capped Manakin. Edwards. 2QQ,r-'Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 



523. a. 



Less than P. ery throcephala : length rather more 

 than three inches: beak grey brown: crown of 

 the head white : remaining parts of the body of a 

 brilliant blue black: thighs with occasionally a 

 red garter : legs and claws reddish. 



