CHAP. XVllI.] 



BIRDS. 



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Andigena, is cunfined to the forest slopes of the tSouth American 

 Andes, The genera are : — • 



PJiamphastos (12 sp.), ^rexico to South Brazil; Plerot/lossus 

 (16 sp.), Kicaragua to South Brazil (Plate XV. A'ol. II. p. 28) ; 

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

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

 Brazil ; Aulacorlmwi^hus (10 sp.), ^Mexico to I'eru and Bolivia. 



Family 56.— :MITS0PHAGID.E. (2 Genera, 18 Species.) 



G£NER.\L DlSTKIBL'TIOM. 



KEoxnopic^i. 



SUB-REC.KINS. 



N EARCTIC 

 SUB-KEGIONS. 



Pal.earctic 



SUB-kEGIONS. 



Kthiopi \n 

 Sub-regions. 



1.2.3 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



ACSTRAI.IAJl 



Sub-regions, 



The ]\Iusophagid.fe, or Plantain-eater.'3 and Turacos, are hand- 

 some birds, somewhat intermediate between Toucans and Cuc- 

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

 abundant in West Africa. The Plantain eaters {Musoplicuja, 

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

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

 over all Africa from Al)yssinia to the Cape (Plate V. Vol. I. 

 p. 264). 



F.\MILY 57.— COLIID.E. (1 Genus, 7 Species.) 



General Dlstkibution. 



Neotropical 

 sub-reqions. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions 



Pal.earctic 



SUB-llEGIONS. 



Ethiopian 

 sub-regio.ns. 



Oriental | Australian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-kegions. 



1.2.3— — 



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

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

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

 Their range is nearly identical with that of the Musophagidse, 

 but they are most abundant in South and East Africa. 



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