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Characters. The Musophagide constitute a well-marked family of the Scansores, 
recognizable at first sight by the outer toe being capable of being turned either backwards or 
forwards. These birds have the bill moderate, broad at the base, the culmen much elevated, 
curved, and the sides more or less compressed towards the tip, which is strongly emarginated ; 
the wings short and rounded; the tail elongated, broad, with ten feathers; the tarsi moderate, 
strong and covered in front with broad transverse scales. Palate desmognathous ; basipterygoid 
processes absent; hallux present. 
Habits. These birds live in trees, generally in the forest, and their food consist of 
fruit, berries, buds, seeds of various plants, and insects. 
Range. This family is confined to the Ethiopian Region proper, and is not met with in 
Madagascar. 
Bibliography. Gray. Gen. of Birds, Vol. 2, Musoph. (1845); Cabanis, Museum Heineanum, Vol. 3, 
Musoph. (1860); Schlegel & Westerman, De Toerako’s afgebeeld en beschreven (1860); Schalow, 
Die Musophagide (Journ. f. Orn. 1886, p. 1); Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 19, p. 435-456 
(1891); Dubois, Syn. Avium, p. 88-91, Suppl. p. 1060 (1899-1904); Sharpe, Hand-list of Birds, 
Vol. 2, p. 152-154 (1900); Reichenow, Die Végel Afrikas, Vol. 2, p. 25-56 (1902-1903); Dubois, 
Rem. Orn. Etat Indép. du Congo [Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. (4), Vol. 1 (1905)]. 
KEY OF THE GENERA OF THE MUSOPHAGID A= 
A. With crimson on the quills : 
1. Bill byoad and elevated at the base, with the culmen much advanced on the forehead ; 
general plumage glossy violet-blue. . . . . . . . . . =. ~~. ~~. +. Genus MusopHaea. ; 
2. Nostvils large, but covered by the vecumbent feathers; plumage partly grass-green . Genus TuRAcus. 
3. Nostrils exposed ; bill black, the sides a little compressed : 
4. Nostrils rounded, back of upper neck metallic green. . . . . . . . . +. Genus GALLIREX. 
5. Nostvils longitudinal, back of upper neck crimson . . . . . . . . . ~~. Genus RUWENzoRORNIS. 
B. With no crimson on the quills : 
6. Bill yellow, flattened, culmen compressed throughout ist length; general plumage 
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C. Nostrils linear, placed in a partially curved groove and nearer to the forehead 
than to the tip of the bill; general plumage ashy- grey : 
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8. Front halfiofithe head bare. . .  . ww ee | GenTISIGyINOSCHIZORETIS: 
1. GENUS TURACUS CuvIiER 
Turacus Cuvier, Legons d’Anat. Comp. Vol. 1, pl. 2 (1800) (type T. macrorhynchus). 
Synonyms : Corythaix, Mliger, Prodr. p. 202 (181r) (type T. leucotis), — Opaethus, Vieillot, Analyse, 
p- 29 (1816) (type T. erythrolophus). — Corythrix, Fleming, Philos. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 250 (1822). 
— Spelectos, Wagler, Syst. Av., Spelectos, fol. 8, p. 3 (1827) (type T. corythaix). 
