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BLACK-CROWi^P:B MANAKIN. 



under parts of the body white, which colour passes 

 round the neck, and forms a ring : wings with a 

 large white spot : rest of the plumage dull black : 

 legs orange : female? without the white spot on 

 the wings. 



Found on the borders of woods in Guiana ; fre- 

 quenting the neighbourhood of ants nests, and 

 are observed frequently to leap up, uttering a cry, 

 similar to the crack of a nut, which they frequently 

 repeat : they are not able to fly far at a time, but 

 they are very restless, and are seldom seen quite 

 stili. 



BLACK-CROWNED MANAKIN. 

 (Pipra atricapilla.) 



Pi. cinerea subtus griseo-alba, tectricibus alarum majoribus remi' 



gibusque nigricantibus, vertice nigro, 

 Ash-Goloured Manakin ; beneath grey white, with the greater 



wing-coverts and quills dusky, crown black. 

 Pipra atricapilla. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 1003. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



561. 22. 



L'Oiseau cendre de Guiane. Biiff'. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 430. 

 Manakin cendre de Cayenne. Buf. PL Enl, dS^.Jl 1. 

 Black-crowned Manakin. Lath, Gen. Syn, 4. 532. 19. 



This inhabits Guiana : beak black : upper parts 

 of the body and tail pale ash-colour, the latter 

 longer and more cuneiform than the rest of the 

 genus: crown of the head black: forehead, cheeks, 

 and all the under parts of the body greyish white : 

 greater wing-coverts and quills dusky black, with 

 grey edges : legs pale grey : length six inches. 



