508 CLASS AVES. ^ 



MusoPHAGA, Isert. 



So named, because they live more especially on the 

 fruit of the banana, and have for their character 

 the base of the bill forming a disk, which covers 

 a part of the forehead. 

 The species known is — 



Triolet Plantain-eater. Musophaga Violacea, VieiU. 

 Gal. 47. Touraco Violet, Vaill. Prom. pi. 18. 



Has a naked red skin round the eyes ; the plumage, 

 violet ; the occiput and the great quills of the wings, 

 crimson ; a white stripe passes under the neck round 

 the eyes. It inhabits Guinea and Senegal. 



