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PICID^. 



Sp. 2. Mo. tenebrosa. 



Cuculus tenebrosus. Steph. v. ix. p. 89. — Cayenne. 



GENUS CCXXV.~-CAPITO, Vieillot. PUFFBIRD. 



Rostrum basi vibrissis diver- 

 gentibus ornatum, latera- 

 tim compressum, inte- 

 grum, conico-convexum, 

 versus apicem inclinatum. 



Beak furnished at the base 

 with divergent bristles, la- 

 terally compressed, intire, 

 conic-convex, inclined to- 

 wards the tip. 



Tamatia, Cuvier. — Cyphos, Spix. 



Puff-birds all reside in South America \ they are 

 dull and solitary, and live upon insects. 



Sp. 1. Ca. Cayensis. 



Bucco Cayensis. Steph, v. ix. p. 33. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 2. Ca. nigromaculatus. 



Bucco nigromaculatus. Steph. v. ix. p. 34. pi. 6. — Tamatia 

 maculata. Cuvier , Reg. Anim. 1. 429. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 3. Ca. collaris. 



Bucco Capensis. Steph. v. ix. ^.39. pi- 7. — Guiana. 

 Sp. 4. Ca. tamatia. 



Bucco tamatia. Steph. v. ix. p. 37. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 5. Co. melanoleucos. 



Bucco melanoleucos. Steph. v. ix. p. 36. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 6. Ca. macrorhynchos. 



Bucco macrorhynchus. Steph, v. ix. p. 35. — Tamatia macro- 

 rhynchos. Swain. Zool. Illust. ii. pi. 99 — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 7. Ca. maynanensis. 



Bucco maynanensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 20. — Borders of the river 

 Amazons. 



Sp. 8. Ca. melanotis. Temm. PI. Col. 94. 

 Ca. alba lateribus variegatis ; pileo, tergo, alisque rufiSy lineis nigris 

 tramversim undulatis; regione aurium parteque colli nigris. 



