WHITE-FACED MAN AKIN. 
The excellent print of this bird is copied 
from Edwards, by whom it was first figured 
and described under the name which we have 
also adopted. It is the Pipra Albifrons, of 
Linnaeus; the White Plume, of Buffon ; and 
the White- Faced Manakin, of Latham and 
of Edwards. 
The original, from which Edwards drew 
his excellent figure, was one of the many cu- 
rious birds taken by Earl Ferrers in a French 
prize, and preserved in his valuable collection. 
Edwards observes, that it is a native of Guiana 
and Terra Firma in South America; and, that 
lie cannot find any figure or description 
agreeing with it, so that he believes it had not 
till then been figured or described. 
' The description which he gives of this indi- 
vidual bird is as follows — 44 The bill is straight, 
sharp-pointed, and black. The crown of the 
•head, the throat, and the fore- part of the head 
all round the bill, are white. The feathers on 
the 
