A Holidai/ in the West Indies. 
outer ones; beak dark-lioin; legs and feet yellowish-flesh 
colour. Total length 4^ inches, of which the central tail 
feathers measure nearly 2 and the outer ones 1 inch. 
Adult female: Above olive -green; quills and tail 
feathers brownish; below very pale greyish-green; beak, legs 
and feet as male. 
There was another of there Manakins which I named 
the Red-headed, (Pipra aureola) a rather stout bird 
with a very beautiful coat as follows: — 
Adult male: The whole of the head, hind neck and 
breast, very rich carmine-lake; sides of face, throat and chest 
rich golden -yellow; back, rump and wing-coverts deep black; 
quills and tail feathers brownish-black; the quills have a 
white blotch on the inner webs forming a broad and striking 
wing band when in flight; bend of wing pale yellow; abdomen 
black, streaked with yellow and red down the centre and 
continued over the ventral region; thighs white, slightly 
tinged with pale brown; beak, legs and feet brownish -horn 
colour. Total length 4 inches, tail |. 
Adult female: Olive green, with the sides of the face 
and centre of abdomen washed with yellowish; throat yellow- 
ish-olive. 
These Manakins appear to all be feeding on similar 
food, and it is very strange none have reached this country 
alive (There is a female at the Zoo in the Small Birds House 
at the present time. Ed.), I however hope that before the 
close of 1910 some few at least will have landed, as before 
this appears in print they will be on the way oversea. It 
is considered derogatory to the dignity of a white man to 
catch birds in Trinidad. I however was determined to have 
a try with nets I had carted over for the purpose and arranged 
with a nigger, who was an expert catcher to take mo to his 
happj' hunting grounds, and for a consideration Snowball 
consented. I accordingly arranged that he should hire a suit- 
able conveyance, and call for me at 8 a.m. the following 
morning when I would be ready with all my tackle {ind 
lood for the day, I gave details of the trip to my companion 
and he of course hoped I should have an enjoyable and 
successful day, but refused to accompany me. Precisely at 
8 a.m. Snowball arrived with a donkey and cart, the poor 
