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[PAET IV, 
regions to Fiji Islands and Tasmania; ( 2233 - 2237 ) Chrysococcyx 
(16 sp.), Tropical and South Africa, the Oriental and Australian 
regions to New Zealand and Fiji Islands ; ( 2238 ) Surniculus( 2 sp.), 
India, Ceylon, and Malaya ; ( 2239 ) Hierococcyx (7 sp.),the Oriental 
region to Amoorland and Celebes ; ( 224 ° 2241 ) Coccystes (6 sp.), 
Tropical and South Africa, the Oriental region, excluding Philip- 
pines; ( 2242 ) Eudynamis (8 sp.), the Oriental and Australian 
regions, excluding Sandwich Islands ; ( 2243 ) Scythrops (1 sp.), 
East Australia to Moluccas and North Celebes. 
Family 59.— LEPTOSOMIML (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 
Genehal Distribution. 
Neotropical I 
Sub-regions. 
Nearotic 
S UB-REGION3. 
Pal^arctic 
Sub-regions, 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions, 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
— 
The Leptosomus discolor, which constitutes this family, is a 
bird of very abnormal characters, having some affinities both 
with Cuckoos and Hollers. It is confined to Madagascar (Plate 
VI. Yol. I. p. 278). 
Family 60.-T-BUCCONID.E. (5 Genera, 43 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
X EOTROPICAL 
Sub-regions. 
Nearotic 
Sub-regions. 
Pal.earctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-reoions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Bucconidae, or Puff-birds, are generally of small size and 
dull colours, with rather thick bodies and dense plumage. They 
form one of the characteristic Neotropical families, being most 
abundant in the great Equatorial forest plains, but extending as 
far north as Guatemala, though absent from the West Indian 
Islands. 
The genera are: — Bucco (21 sp.), Guatemala to Paraguay, and 
West of the Andes in Ecuador; Malacoptila (10 sp.), Guatemala 
