. A dictionary of birds . in shape, as describedand illustrated by Mr. Sclater {Proc. Zool. Soc. 18GO, p. 90; Ibis,1862, p. 175), and shewn in the accompanying figures, in the caseof the beautiful 31. deliciosus, and it has been observed that the ^ Excluding, however, the genus Rujncola (Cock-of-the-Rock), which hasusually been placed among the Cotingidm. MAN AKIN 533 wing-bones of these birds are also much thickened, no doubt in cor-relation with this abnormal structure. A like deviation from theordinary character is found in the allied genus Manacus or Chiro-machxris, comprehending 7 species
. A dictionary of birds . in shape, as describedand illustrated by Mr. Sclater {Proc. Zool. Soc. 18GO, p. 90; Ibis,1862, p. 175), and shewn in the accompanying figures, in the caseof the beautiful 31. deliciosus, and it has been observed that the ^ Excluding, however, the genus Rujncola (Cock-of-the-Rock), which hasusually been placed among the Cotingidm. MAN AKIN 533 wing-bones of these birds are also much thickened, no doubt in cor-relation with this abnormal structure. A like deviation from theordinary character is found in the allied genus Manacus or Chiro-machxris, comprehending 7 species, and that gentleman believes itenables them to make the singular noise for which they have forlong been noted {cf. Song), described by Mr. Salvin {Ibis, 1860,p. 37) in the case of one of them, M. candm, as beginning with asharp note not unlike the crack of a whip, which is followed by arattling sound not unlike the call of a landrail ; and it is a similarhabit that has obtained for another species, J/, edwardsi, the name.
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