CHAP, XVIII.] 
BIRDS. 
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Andigena, is confined to tlie forest slopes of the South American 
Andes, The genera are ; — 
Rhamphastos (12 sp.), Mexico to South Brazil; Pteroglossus 
(16 sp.), Nicaragua to South Brazil (Plate XV. Vol. II. p, 28); 
Aelenidera (7 sp.), Yeragua to Brazil, east of the Andes ; Andi- 
gena (6 sp.), the Andes, from Columbia to Bolivia, and West 
Brazil ; Aulacorhawphus (10 sp.), Mexico to Peru and Bolivia, 
Family 56. — MUSOPHAGIDkE. (2 Genera, 18 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions, 
N EARCTIO 
SUB-REGION& 
Pal^arctic 
Sub— REGIONS, 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions, 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 

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The Musophagidse, or Plantain-eaters and Turacos, are hand- 
some birds, somewhat intermediate between Toucans and Cuc- 
koos. They are confined to the Ethiopian region and are most 
abundant in West Africa. The Plantain eaters (Mmophaga, 
2 sp.), are confined to West Africa ; the Turacos (Turacus, 16 
sp., including the sub-genera Corythaix and Schizorhis) range 
over all Africa from Abyssinia to the Cape (Plate Y. Yol. I. 
p. 264). 
Family 57. — COLIIIXE. (1 Genus, 7 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Ne arctic 
Sub-regions. 
Palasarctic 
Sub- regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Colies, consisting of the single genus Colins, are an 
anomalous group of small finch-like birds, occuping a position 
between the Picarke and Passeres, but of very doubtful affinities. 
Their range is nearly identical with that of the Musophagidse, 
but they are most abundant in South and East Africa. 
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