ORDER SCANSORES. 463 



The Barbacous.* 



With the bill conical, elongated, a little compressed, 

 slightly arched at the end, and furnished at its base 

 with loose feathers or stiff hairs, which gives them 

 some relation to the genus Bucco. 



Wax-bill Barbel. C. Tranquillus. Enl. 512, 

 Spix. 41, 2. 



Black ; beneath, ash ; wing-coverts, white edged ; bend 

 of the wing with small white spines. 



White-rumped Black Cuckow. C. Tenebrosus. 

 Enl. 505, and Col. 323. f. 1. 



Black ; belly and thighs, red ; rump and vent, white. 

 Cayenne. 



Red and While Cuckow. C. Rufalhinus. Col. 

 323. f. 2. 



Bill, with very long ragged hairs ; tail rounded, gra- 

 duated, short ; plumage, red ; belly white. 



Masked Cuckow. Monasa Personala. Vieill. Gal. 

 36. Bucco Albifrons. Spix. 41. 



Lead-coloured black ; forehead and throat, yellowish 

 white. 



It must be observed that the C. Paradisceus, 

 Briss,, is the Lanius Malabaricus^ and that the 



* Compounded of Barbu, {Bucco,) and Cuckow. The genus Monasa 

 of Vieill. Gal. 36. Lypornix of Wagler. 



Temminck refers these birds to the second section of the genus Capito. 

 Also have been named — 



Buc. Rufus. Spix. t. 40. f. 1. Buc. Nigrifrons, Spix. 43. f. 2. (the 

 Lypoi-nix Unicolor of Wagler. B. RuUcaiida. Spix. which is B. RufaU 

 binus of Tern.) B. Leucops. 111. which is Monasa Personata. Vieill. 

 B. Striatus. Spix. B. Torquatus, and B. Fmcus. Gm. 



