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Tlie Birds of British Guiana. 
MANAKINS. 
These birds, closely allied to C ontingidac . are little like 
them in outward appearance; they are all small birds, said to 
have the habits of the English Tit-mice. All belong' to Neo- 
Tropical regions, numbering nineteen genera and some eighty 
species. Many of them have brilliant patches of colour; Pipra 
aureola, for instance, has a flaring red head, which, when the 
crest is erected, looks like a flaming torch; others have golden 
heads or yellow. They live among trees or shrubs and feed on 
fruit, berries, seeds and also insects. Their note may be loud or 
whistling"; one species at least. (Chiroxiphia linearis) has the 
credit of displaying itself, and another of the same genus (caiid- 
ata ) of holding a concert, all listening while one sings. The 
females ai^e generally dull green, or some other sombre hue. 
They make shallow nests of grass and tendrils which they hang 
from the forks of trees or shrubs, and lay eggs, yellowish or 
reddish white, mottled or blotched with darker colour. 
M.\X.\KIXS. 
fYellow Manakin 
Green 
Black 
Crested ,, 
Scarlet-crested Manakin 
Scarlet-headed 
Golden-headed ,. 
White-capped ,, 
Crested ,, 
Blue-rumped 
Tricolour & black ,, 
|Spotted 
tShort-tailed 
♦Cinnamon 
Blue-backed, red-capped 
(?) 
Black and White Manakin 
tDusky Manakin ( H ctcropclma) 
Earth-brown Manakin 
Yellow-crested 
Great ,. (?) 
Yellow-headed „ (?) 
Gold-fronted ,, 
(Colonial). — Pipridae. 
Pipritcs clilorion. 
uiiiforfiiis. 
Xcnopipo atronitens. 
Ccratopipra cornuta. 
iracunda. 
Pipra aureola. 
aiiricapilla. 
,, leucocilla. 
.. comata. 
screna. 
,, suavissiiua. 
guftiiralis. 
bracliyura. 
Ncopipo cinnainomca. 
Chiroxiphia parcola. 
caiidata. 
.Maiiacus luanacus. 
Scotothorus ivallacci. 
amazonum. 
igniceps. 
Scliiffornis major. 
H eteroccrcus fla^'i-i'crtcx. 
Ncopchua aiirifrons. 
(?) 
To he continued. 
