BUCC0NIN2E. 



The species of this genus are found in the tropical parts of America. They chiefly live solitary, pensive, and silent, 

 in the most retired parts of the woods, where they choose some low branch, well concealed by foliage, on which 

 they perch, with their large head resting between the shoulders, for a long time together ; but they arc called into 

 activity by the appearance of coleopterous insects, after which they dart, and having secured them, return again to the 

 same perch, which they are said to frequent for months together. They are stated occasionally to support themselves 

 on the trunks of trees by means of their tails in the manner of woodpeckers, while capturing the coleopterous insects 

 that usually abound in them. 



1. B. collaris Lath. PL enl. 395. — Bucco capensis Linn., Le 

 Vaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 42. 



2. B. macrorhynchus Gmel. PL enl. 689., Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. 

 t. 39. 



-J—. 3. B. Swainsoni. — Tamatia macrorhynchus Swains. Zool. Illustr. 



pi. 99- 

 —j— 4. B. pectoralis G. R. Gray. 



5. B. tectus Bodd. PI. enl. 688. f. 2. — Bucco melanoleucus 

 Gmel., Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 40. 



6. B. macrodactylus (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 39. f. 2. — Capito Cy- 

 phos Wagl. ; Type of Cyphos Spix (1824). 



7. B. Ucinctus (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 80. — Tamatia bi- 

 torquata Swains. 



8. B. pilaris (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1838. p. 166. 



9. B. ruficollis Licht. Isis, 1829. P- 658. 



10. B. tamatia Gmel. PL enl. 746. f. 1., Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. 



t. 41 Tamatia maculata Swains., B. of Braz. 11.; Type of 



Chaunornis 6. R. Gray (1841). 



11. B. chacura (VieilL) N. Diet, d' Hist. Nat., Azara, No. 261. 

 — Bucco strigilatus Licht. ; Capito melanotis Temm. PL col. 94. 



12 B. leucotis (Swains.) B. of Braz. 10. 



13. B. maculatus Gmel. Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad., Suppl. t. F. — 

 Bucco somnolentus Licht. Swains. B. of Braz. 9- 



Monasa VieilL* 



Bill long, broad and elevated at the base, with the culmen and lateral margins much curved, and the 

 sides much compressed to the tip, which is acute ; the gonys long and ascending in a curve ; the nostrils 

 lateral, and placed in a short membranous groove, with the opening anterior, and covered by the pro- 

 jecting plumes and bristles. Wings moderate and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills longest. 

 Tail very long, broad, and rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and covered in front with 

 transverse scales. Toes unequal, the outer anterior toe the longest ; the claws short, much compressed, 

 and acute. 



The birds that compose this division are found in tropical America, and their habits and manners are very similar to 

 those of the last genus. 



1. M. atra (Bodd.) PL enl. 512., Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 44, 

 45. — Cuculus tranquillus, Bucco cinereus et Corvus australis Gmel. ; 

 B. calcaratus Lath. ; Corvus affinis Shaw. 



2. M. nigrifrons (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 43. f. 2. — Lypornix 

 unicolor Wagl. 



3. M. leucops (Licht.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 8. — Bucco al- 

 bifrons Spix, Av. Bras. t. 41. f. 1. ; Monasa personata VieilL, 

 Swains. B. of Braz. 12., Gal. des Ois. t. 36. 



4. M. fusca (Gmel.) Pr. Bonap., Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 43.— 

 Bucco torquatus Hahn, Ausl. Vog. Heft. 13. t. 5. ; B. striatus Spix, 

 Av. Bras, t, 40. f. 2., Swains. B. of Braz. 34. ; Type of Mala- 

 coptila G. R. Gray (1841.). 



5. M. rufa (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 40. f. 1 . 



6. M. rubecula (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 39. f. 1. — Monasa phaioleu- 

 cos Temm. PL col. 323. f. 2., Swains. B. of Braz. 35. 



7. M. ruflcapilla (Tschudi), Fauna Peruana, p. 40. 



* Established by Vieillot in 1816 {Analyse, Ac p. 27-)- Lypornix of Wagler (1827), Scotocharis of M. Gloger (1827), Monastes of 

 Nitzsch (1840), and Malacoptila of G. R. Gray (1841) are coequal to the name employed. 



