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mandible pale yellow; legs ochre-yellow. Three inches and a 
half long. Inhabits North America. 
Genus 25. —PLATYRHYNCHOS.— Desmarest. 
Generic Character. —Bill broader than the face, and dilated at 
the base, expanding at the sides, where it is greatly depressed and 
beset with nuchal hairs; nostrils round, covered by a feathered 
membrane; tarsus longer than the middle toe, to which the ex¬ 
terior one is united as far as the first phalange; nail of the 
hallux strong and a little hooked; third and fourth quills the 
longest. 
Platyrhjnchns Horsjieldi. — Horsfield’s Platyrhynchos. 
Plate LI. fig. 5 . 
Upper parts, wings, and tail, dark blackish-brown; head 
crested, of blackish purple, which is also the colour of the throat 
and breast, changing into orange; the regio parotica, beautiful 
violet; tectrices and remiges clouded with bright gamboge-yel¬ 
low ; tail with a square yellow spot on each feather ; base of the 
six central rectrices the same colour; irides orange ; legs grayish- 
yellow. Six inches long. Inhabits Sumatra. 
Genus 26.—M U S CIP E T A.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Both mandibles of the bill considerably 
depressed, broader than deep; upper mandible with a sharp 
ridge, hooked at point and notched ; lower mandible pointed, 
the base beset with long nuchal hairs, not unfrequently extend¬ 
ing beyond the bill; nostrils open, placed at the base of the 
bill; side toes unequal, the external one attached to the second 
joint; first three quills graduated, the fourth and fifth the 
longest. 
Muscipeta regia. — The Coast Muscipeta. 
Plate XLI.fig. 8. 
Brown above, cream white beneath, with waved streaks of 
brown ; crest rust-coloured, black at the edges; a white streak 
