1873.] 



OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION. 



605 



ward resemblance between these two birds is probably due to some 

 other cause. 



Genus 7. Phcenicophaes. 



Phcenicojihaus, Vieill. N. Diet, xviii. p. 461 Type. 



(1817) P. pyrrhocephalus. 



Melius, Gloger, Handb. Naturg. p. 202 (1842) ? 



Alectorops, J. & E. Verr. Iter, et Mag. de 

 Zool. 185a, p. 355 P. pyrrhocephuhts. 



Fig. 11. 



Head of Phoenicophaes pyrrhocephalus. 



Remarkable for the gallinaceous appearance of the face, whence 

 M. Verreaux derived his well-chosen name. The nostril is exposed 

 as in no other genus of the Phcenicophaince. 



Genus 8. Rhamphococcyx. 

 Rhamphoeoceyx, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. 



Type. 



IV 



. p. 65 (1862) R. calorhynchus. 



Fig. 12. 



Head of Pluenieophaes calorhynchus. 



Although bearing some resemblance to Rhinococcyx and the 

 aberrant members of Rhopodytes, this genus differs from all in the 



