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BUCERID^. 



kled, and, with the beak, is of a dusky ashy-brown : 

 the feathers of the head and the occiput are broad, 

 tufted, and long ; these, with those of the neck, 

 breast, back, and wings are deep black, with slight 

 bronzed-green reflections : the tail-feathers are also 

 bronzed-black, with the tips of the lateral ones white : 

 the tips of all the secondary wing-feathers, the belly, 

 thighs, vent, and rump are pure white : the flanks 

 are black and the quills dusky. 



GENUS CXCIL— MOMOTUS, Brisson. MOMOT. 



Rostrum mediocre, crassum, 

 supra convexum, versus 

 apicem incurvatum : man- 

 dibuloe lateribus dentatse. 



Lingua pennacea. 



Cauda elongata, cuneiformis. 



Beak moderate, thick, con- 

 vex above, incurved to- 

 wards the tip : the man- 

 dibles with their edges 

 dentate. 



Tongue feathered. 



Tail elongated, cuneiform. 



MoMOTA, Shaw. — PrioniteS;, Illiger. — Baryphonus, Vieillot. 



Sp. 1. Mo. Brasiliensis. Shaw^ v. viii. p. 42. pi. 3. Le VailL 



Ois. de Par. i. pL 37, 58. — South America. 

 Sp. 2. Mo. rubricapillus. 



Mo. vertice rttfescente; lateribus capitis nigris; corpore suprh 

 viridi cyaneo violaceo nitente; pectore supremo rufescente; pec- 

 tore irifimo abdomineque cyaneo ; collo antice macula nigra. 



Momot with the crown reddish ; the sides of the head black ; the 

 body above green shining with green and violet; the upper 

 part of the breast reddish, the lower and abdomen blue ; the 

 neck with a black spot in front. 



Le tutu. D'Azara, Voy. iii. No. 52. — Le motmot a tete rousse. 

 Cuvier, Reg. Anim. v. i. p. 416. — Motmot dombey. Le VailL 

 Ois. de Par, x.pl. Z^. — Paraguan Motmot. Lath, Gen. Hist. 

 V, ii. 299. 



