1873 -1 OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION, flOl 



tt ' Fe gloS; S sh°aft s the breaSt Wlth dLstinCtly 8tiffened «* 



*. Breast-feathers ordinary. a ' Taccocua - 



a'. Head and throat ornamented with metallic homy 



tips to the feathers ... J „ T ., 



V. Head and throat ordinary, with no' metallic' tins ^ Le P ldo ^7nmm. 



a . Line of gape longer than the tarsus. 



a ' . Nostrils hidden by small feathers n ? , 



&"'. r No8trils not hidden. 7 ' Das i> k 'P'"^ 



?'/",'" 5-n 1 alm08t strai S ht > as also is the gonys.... 8 Bhinorthn 

 b"". B,ll conspicuously curved, the line of gape mm ° rtha - 

 following the curve of the bill 



fl«". Nostrils straight, 

 ««'". Bill higher than broad, measured 

 at gape. 

 aa"". Lores and sides of face bare, 



bh»» T,T Pi l l0S ( ? -\ ■■■; n- Phcenicophaes. 



t>0 . Lores feathered ; sides of face 



bb"> Wll l! >are i anC l I Sm °, 0th , °- Rfo™phococcm: 



^..u-rf^SSSsSSi *■ a -«J>-» 



a . Nail of the hind toe curved, shorter than the 

 hind toe itself. 



a "' ,? e if ht of biU Iess than its breadth. 

 a . Distance from the fore part of eye to the 

 fore part of nostril greater than the dis- 



h>» Kt™ 6 fr0m u tne latter Part to tip of beak p. Carpococcu.r 

 t> . Distance as above measured less than from 

 1,1 , r • , nostril to tip of beak v Serim™™,,* 



b . Nail of hmd toe straight, like that of a Lark, £ LocMothraustes - 

 ways equal to, and generally surpassing, the hind 



toe itself. „ . 



tt. Lentropus. 



Genus 1. Taccocua. (Fig. 5, p. 602.) T ^ 



Taccocua, Less Traite' d'Orn. p. 144 (1831) . . T. leschenaulli. 

 Acentetus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. 



^ ' ' T. infuscata. 



Evinces great affinity to Centropus, not only in coloration but 

 especially ,n the stiffened shafts to the breast-feathers. 



Genus 2. Lepidogrammus. (Fig. 6, p. 602.) 



6 g Z 7n849) lmWg ' ReiCh " SySL AV " NaL pL Xlvii - Typ& 



' L. cumlngj. 



Distinguished by its somewhat Turacine aspect, the contour of 

 the crest being rounded, and the feathers curving over the asa 

 openings, which they hide from sight. Above all remarkable fo t e 

 horny appendages to the feathers of the head. 



