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CUCULIDiE. 



Digiti antici basi mem- 

 brana coaliti ; exteriores 

 versatiles. 



Anterior toes united by a 

 membrane at the base, the 

 outer versatile. 



OPiETHUs, Vieillot. — Musophaga {pars). Temmiiick, 



Sp. 1. Co. Africanus. 



Opaethus Africanus. Steph. v. x. p. 63. — Inhabits Africa. 

 Sp. 2. Co. gigas. 



Touraco geant. Le Vaill. promerops et guepiers, pi. 19. 

 Sp. 3. Co. Paulina. 

 Co. cupreo-nitens ; subtus cupreo-viridis ; crista remigibusque ru- 



hris; tnacula alba circa oculos a rostri ad aurium extendente. 

 Shining copper-coloured Touraco ; beneath coppery-green ; with 



the crest and quills red ; a white spot round the eyes reaching 



from the beak to the ears. 

 Musophaga Paulina. Temm. PI. Col. 23. 



Inhabits southern Africa. It greatly resembles 

 the first species in its form and proportion, but it is 

 differently coloured : the vent is red, tipped with 

 white, formed as in the other species, and composed 

 of delicate, slender feathers, which are elevated on 

 each side and applied the one against the other in 

 the form of a cock*s-comb, or helmet ; this extends a 

 little down the back of the neck, the feathers of which 

 part are of similar form, and meet those of the vent, 

 in the same compressed manner : the feathers of the 

 nostrils, those of the neck, the back, the wings, the 

 upper part of the tail, the throat and the breast, are 

 of a fine glossy copper hue : the belly and vent are 

 dull coppery-green, glossed with bluish : the quills 

 are red, brightest on their inner webs : round the 

 eye is a large white spot, which extends on one side 

 to the beak, and on the other to the ear : the beak 



