PREFACE. 



The present volume contains an account of the remaining families 

 of the suborder Scansore.f, and of those of the suborder Coccyges. 

 The arrangement of three of these families, which are entirely 

 composed of Xeotropical forms, was undertaken by itr. P. L. 

 Sclater, that of the remainder by Captain (i. E. Shelley. 



The numbers of species of the several families, and of the 

 specimens at present in the Collection of ihe Briti^h Museum, are as 

 follows : — 



Species. Types. Specimens. 



ludicatoridse 12 3 80 



Capitonidse 112 IS 2183 



Ehamphastidfe [9 5 673 



Galbulidfe 21 6 243 



Bucconidse 43 10 419 



CuculidiB . •. 176 28 5423 



MusophagidiB 25 3 204 



448 73 9231 



Of the 448 species recorded, 32 are not represented in the 

 Museum ; but besides the 73 types of species admitted as valid, the 

 Collection contains 50 other typical specimens the names of which 

 are now relegated to the synonymic lists. 



Of donations not already mentioned on former occasions, I have 

 to refer to the two following, which were specially useful in supple- 

 menting the series of specimens catalogued in the present volume : — 



