19.
BLACK-
CROWNED M*
D escription,
Place«
20.
PAPUAN M.
D escription.
Place,
Le Oifeau cendre de la Guiane, Buf. oif. iy, 430,
Manakin cendre de Cayenne, PI. enl. 6Sj. f. 1.
J j E N G T H fix inches. Bill feven lines in length, and
black : the crown of the head is black ; the' upper parts of
the body and tail pale afh-colour : forehead, fides of the head
beneath the eyes, and all the under-parts, greyifh white: the
greater coverts and quills are dulky black, edged with grey : tail
longer than in the Manakin genus, and fomewhat cuneiform : legs
pale grey ; the outer toes deeply united, like the laft fpecies.
This inhabits Guiana; but is not common.
Le Manikor,, Buf, oif. iv. p. 431.
..............— de la Nouvelle Guinée, PL enl. 707. f, 2,
T H I S is a fmall fpecies, meafuring in length only three
inches and a quarter. The bill is Ihort and black : the upper
parts of the head, neck, body, wings, and tail, are greenilh
black ; the laft is not quite even at the end, the two middle feathers
being rather lhorter than the others : the under parts, from
the chin to the vent, dirty white : on the breaft an oblong orange-
coloured fpot, which reaches to the belly : legs dulky lead-
colour.
Inhabits New Guinea. .
Buffon thinks that this Ihould not be ranked with the Manakins,
from the place whence it was brought ; from the bill having no
notch; and from the lhape of the tail : fuppofing the whole of
that genus to inhabit South America.
T £ N G T H three inches and three quarters. Bill pale : the
L * Upper parts dulky black; the under white: on the vent a
fpot of crimfon : the under tail coverts are white, and reach al-
moft to the end of the tail, which is very Ihort, as ufual in this
genus : legs brown.
Native place unknown.
T E N G T H four inches. Bill brown: general colour of the
plumage on the upper parts blueilh black : throat and vent
black : belly white: legs brown.
T E N G T H four inches. Bill black : plumage on the upper
parts of the bird dulky : the edge of the wing, and all beneath,
pale yellowilh orange : quills dulky, with pale edges -
legs dulky.
From the Cap of Good Hope.
The two laft in the colle&ion of Sir Jofeph Banks,
Br. Muf.
J E N G T H three inches and a half. General colour of the
plumage cinereous; beneath paleft: the belly very pale,
inclining to white.
Native place uncertain.
21.
CRIMSON-
VENTED M.
D escription.
22.
BLACK-
THROATED M.
D escription.
ORANGE-
BELLIED M.
D escription.
P lace.
24.
CINEREOUS M.
D escription.