CUCULIDiE. 207 



Slender Coccyzus? above olive-brown, with the body beneath, 

 the throat and tip of the tail white j a reddish occipital crest ; 

 the jugulum and breast spotted with black and white 5 the 

 beak slender, 



Macropus phasianellus. Spix, Avium Nova Spec. p. 53. pL xlii. 



Inhabits Brazil. Leno;th thirteen inches and a 



'& 



half. 



Sp. 9. Co? Caixana. 



Co? minor castaneus; pectore ahdomineque anteriore, hi/pochon- 



driis alisque suhtus rufo-castaneis ; rostro magis arcuato, cas- 



taneo; cauda suprb, subtusgue castanets. 

 Small chesnut Coccyzus? with the breast and abdomen before, 



the sides and wings beneath, chesnut-red ; the beak large, bent, 



chesnut ; the tail chesnut above and beneath. 

 Macropus Caixana. Spix, Avium Nova Spec. p. 54. pi. \\in.f. 1 . 



male ij] 2. female. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length ten inches. 



GENUS CCLII— LEPTOSOMUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum capite longius, la- 

 teratim compressum, sub- 

 trigonale, supra constric- 

 tum, versus apicem emar- 

 ginatum, curvatum. 



Mectrices duodecim. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 laterally compressed, rather 

 trigonal, narrowed above, 

 towards the tip notched, 

 curved. 



Tail-feathers twelve. 



These birds build in hollow trees, and feed chiefly 

 upon fruits. 



Sp. 1 . Le Afer. 



Bucco Africanus. Sfeph. v. i%. p. 25.-— Africa. 



