448 c:lass xvt. 



Upper mandible with one or two teeth on each side. Nostrils 

 basal, covered by bristles; long bristles below the bill, turned 

 forwards. Tail moderate or short, even. 



Sp. Pogonorhijndius diiblus nob., Bucco duhius Gm., Pogonias sidcirosfris 

 Leach, Buff. PL enl. 602, Guer. Iconogr., Ois. PI. 34, fig. 2 (fig. of bill) ; 

 — Pogoiwrhynchus niger, Bucco niger Gmel., Bdff. PI. enl. 688, fig. i, 

 Lesson Ornitk. PI. 24, fig. i ; — PogonorJtynchus personaius Temm., PL col. 

 201, &c. Birds of Africa, which live on fruits and insects. The females 

 lay their eggs in hollow trunks of trees. 



Capito ViEiLL., Bucco Cuv., Temm. (and Micropogon ejusd.), 

 Gapito and Megalaima Gkay. Bill moderate or shorter than head, 

 broad at the base, compressed at the sides; two mandibles sub- 

 equal. Nostrils basal, lateral, covered by bristles. Wings moderate, 

 with first quill very short, fourth mostly longest of all, fourth, fifth, 

 and six subequal. Tail rounded. 



Megalaima Gray, Bucco Temm. (add Barhatula Less., Pogoniolus 

 Lafresn.). Bristles widely divergent at the base of upper man- 

 dible, often elongated beyond the tip. Tarsits shorter than anterior 

 outer toe. Tail short. 



Sp. Capita trimaculata, Bucco frontalis Temm. PI. color. 536, fig. i, Guerin 

 Icon., Ois. PI. 34, fig. I ; — Capita grandis, Bucco grandis Gm., Megalaima 

 virens Gray, Buff. PL enl. 871 ; green, the head greyish blue, below at 

 the base of the tail red ; from the continent of India ; — Bucco philippensis 

 Briss., Buff. PI. enl. 331, of which Buteo luteus Less., Desm. PL peintes 

 a I, is an albino- variety. These birds also feed chiefly on wild berries and 

 other fruits. 



Psilopogon Sal. Mueller. Bristles few. Tail somewhat long, 

 graduated. 



Sp. Capita pyrolopJms, Psilopogon pyroloplms S. Mueller in Tijdschr. voor 

 nat. Gesch. en Physiol. II. p. 339, PI. IV. fig. 3 (fig. of head), Temm. PL 

 col. 597, Sumatra. (The skeleton is figured in Jardine Contrih. to Ornith. 

 1850, PI. 54.) 

 Add sub-genera Megalorliynclms Eyton and Psilopus Temm. 



Capito Gray, Micropogon Temm. Bill higher than broad at the 

 base, with culmen produced upon the forehead, bent ; lower man- 

 dible straight, acuminate. Small short bristles at the sides of bill, 

 mental none. Tail long, rounded. Tarsus equalling the antei-ior 

 outer toe, or a little longer than it. 



Sp. Capita cayennensis, Bucco caycnneyisis Gmel., Capito erythrocei^lialus 

 Gray, Buff. PL enl. 206; — Capito elegans, Bucco elegans Gm., Bucco 

 maynanensis Briss., Buff. PL enl. 330 ; — Capito pjeruvianus Gray, Bucco 



