WHITE-FACED MANAKIN. 
" This species," says the great French na- 
turalist, " is new. It is found in Guiana, but 
rare. M. De Manoncour presented a speci- 
men to the King's cabinet.. It is distinguished 
by a very long white crest, consisting of fea- 
thers about an inch- in length, and which it 
erects at pleasured It differs from the Mana- 
kins by it's size : being six inches long; whereas 
the largest of the Manakins is only four 
inches and a half. The tail, too, is loner and 
tapered; which, in the Manakins, is short and 
square: and the bill is much longer in propor- 
tion, and more hooked, than that of the Ma- 
nakins. Indeed, the only property in which it 
resembles the Manakins, is the arrangement 
of the toes; and, but for this character, it 
might be ranged with the Ant-Eaters: we may 
regard it as forming the intermediate shade. 
We are quite unacquainted with it's cecono- 
my." 
it 
To this short history and description, we- 
may be permitted to add, that the Pipra Atri- 
capiila, or Black Crowned Manakhi, called by 
Edwards the Black-Capped Manakin, and 
which Buffon next describes under the ap- 
pellation 
