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GENUS LXIX.—TRICOPHORUS, Temminck. 



Rostrum breve, forte, conico- 

 longum, basi latum, apice 

 compresso ; mandibula su- 

 perior apice adunca ; basi 

 setis validis ornata. 



Nares subbasales, ovatae, 

 apertae. 



Pedes breves. 



Alee mediocres ; remiges 

 lmae, 2das et 3ise cunei- 

 form es, 4tae, 5tae et 6tas 

 longissimae. 



Cr i niger, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 



Beak short, strong, elongate- 

 conic, broad at the base, 

 compressed at the tip ; the 

 upper mandible hooked ; 

 its base furnished with 

 stout bristles. 



Nostrils nearly basal, ovate, 

 open. 



Legs short. 



Wings moderate ; the first, 

 second and third quills 

 wedge-shaped, the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth longest. 



All the birds of this genus (of which five are 

 already known) inhabit the western coasts of Africa : 

 their manners have not been observed. 



Sp. 1 . Tr. barbatus. Temm. PL Col. 88. 



Tr. barba gulari Jlava ; corpore supra griseo-viridis ; infra cine- 



rco-viridis; rectricibus riifescentibus. 

 Tricophorus with a yellow beard on the throat : the body above 



grey-green ; beneath ashy-green ; the tail-feathers reddish. 



Length eight inches : this species, which is given 

 as the type of the genus by Temminck, is distinguished 

 from its congeners by several broad, long, and some- 

 what crisped feathers on the throat, and part of the 

 neck : the edges of the upper mandible of the beak 

 are adorned with very long and strong bristles or 

 hairs, and the occiput and upper part of the neck 



