CHAP. XVIII.] 



BIRDS. 



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Andigena, is confined to the forest slopes of the South American 

 Andes. The genera are : 



Eliamphastos (12 sp.), Mexico to South Brazil; Pteroglossus 

 (16 sp.), Nicaragua to South Brazil (Plate XV. Vol. II. p. 28) ; 

 Selenidera (7 sp.), Veragua to Brazil, east of the Andes ; Andi- 

 gena (6 sp.), the Andes, from Columbia to Bolivia, and West 

 Brazil ; Aulacorhamphus (10 sp.), Mexico to Peru and Bolivia. 



FAMILY 56. MUSOPHAGID^E. (2 Genera, 18 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Musophagidse, or Plantain-eaters and Turacos, are hand- 

 some birds, somewhat intermediate between Toucans and Cuc- 

 koos. They are confined to the Ethiopian region and are most 

 abundant in West Africa. The Plantain eaters (Musophaga, 

 2 sp.), are confined to West Africa; the Turacos (Turacus, 16 

 sp., including the sub-genera Corythaix and Schizorhis) range 

 over all Africa from Abyssinia to the Cape (Plate V. Vol. I. 

 p. 264). 



FAMILY 57. COLIIDJE. (1 Genus, 7 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Colies, consisting of the single genus Colius, are an 

 anomalous group of small finch-like birds, occuping a position 

 between the Picariae and Passeres, but of very doubtful affinities. 

 Their range is nearly identical with that of the Musophagidae, 

 but they are most abundant in South and East Africa. 



