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SENEGAL TOURACO. 
Corythaix Senegalensis , Swains. 
PLATE XXL 
Glossy purple ; head, neck, breast, and crest, green ; orbita 
naked, red ; a snowy white stripe before and partly above 
the eye, with a black one beneath ; crest entirely green. 
Corythaix Buffonii, Jardine and Selby's Must, of Orn. pi. 122. 
The Touraco or Crowned Plantain-eaters are per- 
liaps the most elegant of the Musophctgidai ; for they 
have the splendid crimson wings of the violet species, 
with a liveliness of colour in the full green of their 
plumage which that does not possess. Their crests 
also are conspicuous ornaments. Le Vaillant, with 
national enthusiasm, extols these birds, in a state of 
nature, as replete with charms ( pleines de charmes j 
in all their movements and attitudes, — uniting the 
greatest agility with perfect elegance. He found 
them extremely difficult to shoot, as they always 
frequent the topmost branches of the highest forest 
trees ; subsequently, however, he captured many of 
them in snares. Like the Musophaga, they lire 
entirely upon fruits. 
Considerable confusion has always hung over 
these birds ; for although Buffon indicated at least 
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