CUCULIDiE. 



is fine orange ; the eye large, reddish, and surrounded 

 by a red circle : the legs are dusky-grey. M. Vieil- 

 lot, who possessed one of this species alive, says that 

 its manners are as mild and familiar as those of the 

 common species : it lived on succulent fruits, in de- 

 fect of which it ate sugar : it was very active, and its 

 voice was sonorous and apparently ventriloqual. 



GENUS CCLXL— MUSOPHAGA, Isert. 

 PLANTAIN-EATER. 



Rostrum nudum, basi la- 

 tum, crassum, versus 

 apicem valde compressum, 

 supra carinatum, apice 

 inclinato: mandibula su- 

 perior plerumque basi 

 supr^ fontem elevata ; 

 maocillce dentatae. 



Naves in medio rostri sitae. 



Digiti antici basi membrana 

 coaliti ; exteriores versa- 

 tiles. 



BeaJc naked, broad at the 

 base, thick, greatly com- 

 pressed at the tip, cari- 

 nated above, the tip in- 

 clined: the upper man- 

 dible generally elevated at 

 the base above the fore- 

 head ; the lower dentated. 



Nostrils placed in the middle 

 of the beak. 



Anterior toes united at the 

 base by a membrane ; the 

 external versatile. 



A. Mandibuld superiore suprh frontem continuatd. 



A. With the upper mandible continued over the forehead. 



Sp. 1. Mu. violacea. Shaxu, v. vm. p. 47. pi. 4. 5. — Africa. 



B. Mandibula superiore fronte non tegente. 



A. With the upper mandible not covering the forehead. 



Sp. 2. Mu. cristata. Vieillot, Analyse, 8^c. p. 68. (C.) 

 Mu ? griseo-fusca, ^ventre albido strigisjuscis. 

 Grey-brown Plantain-eater ? with the belly whitish striped with 

 brown. 



Phasianus Africanus. Lath, Gen. Syn. Sup. i. 210. 



