MUSOPHAGID.fi 



night." In this dilemma Le Vaillant find hii fusee at intervals; 

 the ahoU at last wen answered, and he wai delivered by his Hot- 

 tentoU. But he did not forget his Touraco, and now, by the aid of 

 hU dog*, which had followed the Hottentots, found it squatted under 

 a tufted bush. He afterwards laid snares for them on the fruit-trees, 

 to which they resorted to feed, and took them alive. 



Corythaix Bentgalftisit. 



C. erythrolophut (Swainson). Crest, which is red, erect and com- 

 pressed; sides of the head, ears, chin, and patch round the eye 

 (which is large, red, and brilliant), white; general plumage green, 

 inclining to bluish on the body and belly ; quills rich purple violet ; 

 tail rounded ; bill yellow ; feat grayish-block. 



Corf Hall ttyllirotopli 



This beautiful species is the Opatktu erylhrolopkui of Vieillot ; the 

 Mutopkaga Paulina of Temminck ; and L'arylhaix iynictpi of Lesson. 

 If is a native of Africa. 



Several specimens of Touraoos are to be found in our museums, 

 and several rpeoies have lived at the gardens of the Zoological Society, 

 Regent's Park. 



Head of Coiythniz tryHntoplau. 



Cltiztrrhis (Wagler). Bill large, high and thick nt the base, com- 

 pressed beyond. Culmen thick, convex, considerably arched. Lower 

 mandible not half so high as the upper ; the tips of both deeply 

 notched, with their margins finely creuated. Nostrils basal, placed 

 close to the top of the bill, naked, lunular, and pierced in the sub- 

 stance of the bill Wings lengthened ; the four first quills graduated. 

 Tail lengthened, slightly rounded ; the tips very obtuse. Feet as in 

 Corythaix. (Swainson.) 



6". rarleyala. Light gray above; a blackish stripe down each 

 feather ; front, top of the head, chin, and throat as far as the breast, 

 chestnut-brown ; under plumage beyond the breast white, but each 

 feather with a dark middle stripe; primary and secondary quills 

 blackish, with a spot of pure white varying in size in the middle of 

 their inner webs ; tcrtiaries and middle tail-feathers gray, tipped with 

 black ; lateral tail-feathers black ; bill yellow ; feet gray. Crest placed 

 very far back on the nape. Total length about 20 inches. 



C!n:trr>ili rarirgata. 



This appears to be the Touraoo Huppo'-col of Le Vaillant ; Phatianui 

 Africa*** of Latham ; and Mtuophaga rariegata of Vieillot. It is a 

 native of Africa. 



Mmophaya (Isert). Bill resembing that of Chizavhit ; but tha 

 base enormously dilated, so as to spread like a casque or helmet over 

 the fore part of the head as far as the crown, where its thickened 

 sides form a semicircle. Nostrils naked, oval, open, placed nearer to 

 the tip than to the eyes, and pierced in the substance of the bill 

 Wings, feet, and tail as in the Corytnaix. (Sw.iiixon.) 



