manakin

• Punkasso gives a description of the Club 88 dance floor at this point: false manakin puppeteers prolificate on the floor in a Devoesque bath of the 60's, it was such a cliche I could hardly move —  Ned Raggett Ponders It All
• "What is it The rock manakin, or chatterer," he replied; "an inhabitant of the hottest and most sterile parts of Central America. —  Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas
• The prettiest bird was a tiny manakin, coal-black, with a red-and-orange head On February 2 the rain let up, although the sky remained overcast and there were occasional showers. —  Through the Brazilian Wilderness
• There was also a tiny soft-tailed woodpecker, no larger than a kinglet; a queer humming-bird with a slightly flexible bill; and many species of ant-thrush, tanager, manakin, and tody. —  Through the Brazilian Wilderness
• To preserve in our collections the fine tint of the plumage of a male and full-grown rock-manakin, it must not be exposed to the light. —  Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2

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