LITTLE MAN AKIN. 31 



the bill was black: forehead, and between the 

 beak and eye, yellowish : the top of the head and 

 back of the neck black, marked with pale spots : 

 back and wing-coverts brownish yellow, with the 

 middle of each feather dark brown : the outer 

 edge of the wing, quills, and tail black, with white 

 spots : all the under parts of the body yellowish 

 white, with a red tinge on the breast : rump crim- 

 son ; lower part of the back dully ellow: legs brown : 

 another had only the top of the head black, spotted 

 with white : hind part of the neck blue grey : 

 forehead, and between the beak and eye, yellow- 

 ish; the yellowish colour passing through the 

 latter. 



LITTLE MANAKIN. 

 (Pipra minuta.) 



Pi. grisea, capite nigro alio punctata , pectore Jlavescente lineis 



transversis nigris. 

 Grey Manakin, with the head black, spotted with white ; breast 



yellowish, with transverse black lines. 

 Pipra Minuta. Lin, Syst, Nat, 1. 340. 13. — GmeL Si/st. Nat. 



1. 1003.-^ Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 558. 12. 

 Little Manakin. Lath, Gen, Sijn, 4. 526. 10. 



This little bird is the size of a Wren : head 

 black, each feather spotted with white : back and 

 wings grey : breast yellowish, undulated with 

 black: tail brown, with pale margins: male marked 

 with flesh-coloured spots on the fore-part of his 

 head. Inhabits India. 



