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GENUS LXIX.— TRICOPHORUS, Temminck. 



Rostrum breve, forte, conico- 

 longum, basi latum, apice 

 compresso; mandibula su- 

 perior apice adunca ; basi 

 setis validis ornata. 



Nares subbasales, ovatae, 



apertae. 

 Pedes breves. 



Alee mediocres ; remiges 

 Imae, Sdae et 3iae cunei- 

 formes, 4t8e, 5tae et 6tae 

 longissimae. 



Criniger, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 



Beak short, strong, elongate- 

 conic, broad at the base, 

 compressed at the tip ; the 

 upper mandible hooked ; 

 its base furnished with 

 stout bristles. 



Nostrils nearly basal, ovate, 

 open. 



Legs short. 



Wings moderate ; the first, 

 second and third quills 

 wedge-shaped, the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth longest. 



All the birds of this genus (of which five are 

 already known) inhabit the western coasts of Africa : 

 their manners have not been observed. 



Sp. 1. Tr. barbatus. Temm. PL Col. 88. 



Tr. hm^ba gularijlava ; corpore suprh griseo-viridis ; infra cine' 



reo-viridls J rectricibus rufescentibus. 

 Trioophorus with a yellow beard on the throat : the body above 



grey-green ; beneath ashy-green j the tail-feathers reddish. 



Length eight inches : this species, which is given 

 as the type of the genus by Temminck, is distinguished 

 from its congeners by several broad, long, and some- 

 what crisped feathers on the throat, and part of the 

 neck : the edges of the upper mandible of the beak 

 are adorned with very long and strong bristles or 

 hairs, and the occiput and upper part of the neck 



