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KEY OF THE SPECIES 
1. Wuth no elongated crest-feathers; a white band on the side of the head M. VIOLACEA. 
2. With an elongated crest; no white on side of the head . M. Rossz. 
1. Musophaga violacea Isert (Plate 2, Fig. 1, 2). West Africa, from the 
Musophaga violacea Isert. Schrift. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin, Vol. 3, p. 18, pl. 1 (1789); Cameroons to Sene- 
gambia. 
Schlegel & Westerman, De Toerako’s, pl. 1 (1860). 
Cuculus regius Shaw, Mus. Lever. p. 165, pl. 40 (1792). 
2. Musophaga rossz Gould. West Africa, from An- 
Musophaga rossae Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1851, p. 93; Schlegel & Westerman, gola to Cameroon and 
De TYoerako's, pl. 2 (1860). to Niam-Niam and 
Musophaga bohmi Schalow, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (1884), p. 103, pl. 6. Tanganika. 
5. GENUS CORYTHZAEOLA HAINE 
Corythzola Haine, Journ. f. Om. 1860, p. 190 (type C. cristata). 
Characters. Bill flattened, culmen compressed throughout its length; nostrils oval, 
nearer to the tip of the bill than to the forehead; with no crimson on the quills; tail much 
more elongated than by the others genus of the family. Only one species. 
Geographical Distribution. West and Central Africa. 
KEY OF THE SPECIES 
1. General plumage above verditer-blue ; tail with a broad black subterminal bar. C. CRISTATA. 
1. Corythzola cristata (Vieillot) (Plate 2, Fig. 3). Westand Central Africa, 
Musophaga cristata Vieillot, Analyse, p. 68 (1816). from Angola to Sene- 
Musophaga gigantea Vieillot, Enc. Méth, p. 1295 (1823); Schlegel & Westerman, De Toe- gambia, and to the 
Eastern Congo-State 
rako’s, p. 20, pl. 12 (1860). 
and Niam-Niam. 
Corythaix gigas Stephens, Gen. Zool. Vol. 14, p. 222 (1826). 
Crax cyaneus Gray, in Griffith's Anim. Kingd. Vol. 3, p. 117 (1829). 
Corythacola cristata Haine, Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 190. 
6. GENUS CHIZ4ERHIS WAGLER 
Chizzrhis Wagler, Syst. Avium, p. 111 (1827) (type C.africana). 
Synonyms : Schizorhis Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 656 (type C. africana). — Corythaixoides Smith, S. Afr. 
Qu. Journ. 1833, p. 48 (type C. concoloy). — Colophimus Smart, Rep. Exp. Centr. Afr. p. 54 (1836) 
(type C. concolor). — Ichthievax Kaup, Classif. p. 111 (1844) (C. africana). 
Characters. Bill with the sides slightly compressed, the culmen arched; nostrils linear, 
placed in a partially curved grove and nearer to the forehead than to the tip of the bill; front 
of the head feathered. 
Geographical Distribution. The whole of the Ethiopian Region. 
