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GREY M.
Le Manakin gris hupe, Brif. on. it. p. 463. N° 13.
Coquantototl, avicula criftata, forma Pafieris, Seba, ii. p. 74, t. 30. f. 7. —
Buf. oif iv. p, 427.
D escription. ^ ^ I S is in lhape like a Sparrow, and is three inches and a
quarter long. The bill is four lines, and of a yellow colour
: on the forehead is a yellow fpot: the head, hind part o f
the neck, back, and rump, are grey : the feathers on the hind
head are longer than the others, and form a fmall creft : the
throat, and fore part of the neck, quite to the tail, light yellow
: the greater wing coverts red ; and the quills and tail ci-
nereous grey.
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WHITE-FACED
M.
Pipra albifrons, Lin. Syji. i. p. 339. N6 5.
Le Demi-fm a huppe & gorge blanches, Buf. oif. v. p. 35c.
White-faced Manakin, Ed*w. pi. 344.
D escription» 'J P H I S bird is five inches and a quarter long. The bill three
quarters of an inch, black, ftrait, and pointed : the head is
crefted, confuting of long pointed feathers, which may be elevated
or deprefied at will > this creft, as well as the throat, and
between the eyes, is white : a white ftreak paffes over the eye :
the white on the throat is furrounded with a border of black all
round, from eye to eye : the reft of the body and tail of an orange,
inclining to cinnamon ; but the hind part of the neck, middle of
the back, and wings, are blackilh afh-colour i thighs dufky : legs
reddilh yellow: outer and middle toes cohere deeply.
S Le
Le Plumet blanc, Buf. oif. iv. p. 429.
Le Manicup de Cayenne, PI. ml. 707. f. I.
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V ar. A.
’ 4 ' H I S bird is fix inches in length ; and is remarkable for the
creft, which is compofed of fcattered white feathers, fome of
which are above an inch in length, and give it a remarkable appearance.
The bill is black, three quarters of an inch in length,
and a trifle curved at the tip : the whole front, as far as the eye,
the chin, and throat, are alfo, with the creft, white j the whole of
this white is bordered with black, which is broadeft on the hind
head : the back and wings are of a dulky black ; and the reft of
the body and tail a bright cinnamon-colour, inclined to ferruginous
: the legs are reddilh ; and the outer toe connefted to the
middle as far as the fécond joint, like the reft of the Manakin
Description*
genus.
Buffon will have thefe to be two different birds. The laft-de-
fcribed comes from Guiana, where it is faid to be rare. It feems
to have a .much longer creft than that of Edwards, projefling
into an irregular long tuft on each fide over the eye j whereas
that of Edwards’s is perfeftly regular. The bill too in Buffon’s
bird feems a trifle curved at the tip ; while that of Edwards’s is
ftrait. Yet the colours very nearly correfpond, and the diftribu-
tion of them exaftly fo : the toes likewife are united exaftly in the
fame manner in both birds. I have feen a fpecimen of that in the
Blanches enluminées -, and find it to be exaftly copied. Edwards’s
bird has not yet come under my infpeftion. Surely they are no
other than male and female, with a little variety of climate.
Edwards's bird came from South America»
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