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figured by Dr. Horsfield in his ^ Zoological Researches in 
Java^ [Calyptomena vifidis). 
The Manakins {Pipra) are prettily-plumaged birds^ found 
in South America. The colours of the various species are 
generally in strong contrast/ — red head, blue back, and 
black body ; or, yellow-capped head and black body. In 
some of the species the tail-feathers end in a long thread- 
like process. In the forests where these birds are found, 
their activity and lively plumage must render them very 
attractive objects. 
The Shrikes are an extensive family of birds (Laniid^), 
resembling in appearance, at first sight, some of the hawks. 
They are however in all respects Passerine birds, though in 
the nature of their appetite they bear some resemblance to 
the members of that predaceous family. Some of the species 
have the habit of sticking the insects they captuft on thorns ; 
others are not content with insect food, but supplement it 
with small birds, and even mice or shrews, which, like 
butchers,^^ — a name often applied to them,— they tear 
to pieces and devour. The Lanius coUaris, a species found 
at the Cape of Good Hope, is there called, according to 
Dr. Smith, the Fiscal, from its habit of impaling such 
reptiles and small birds as it is able to destroy. ^^When 
