CROTOPHAGINiE. 
Phcenicopilaus Vieill .* 
Bill as long as the head, broad at the base ; culmen convex, smooth, defended with bristles at the base, 
and much curved at the tip, which is compressed and acute ; the nostrils basal, lateral, placed near the 
margin, and linear. Wings very short, with the fourth and fifth quills longest. Tail lengthened and 
much rounded. Tarsi longer than the external toe, covered with broad scales. Toes Avith the two 
outer ones nearly equal and longest ; the inner hind toe the shortest , the claws short and rather curved. 
The space round the eyes naked. 
These birds are generally observed in pairs in the bushy ground or the hilly and low jungly districts of India. Their 
food consists of various insects, which they seek for among the trees in the same manner as other birds of this 
subfamily. 
1. P. pyrrhocephalus (Forst.) Vieill. Galerie des Ois. t. 37-, 
Le Vaillant, Ois. d’Afr. t. 22 4. — Phoenicophaus leucogaster 
Hum. 
2. P. curvirostris (Shaw), Le Vaill. Ois. d Afr. t. 225., Shaw s 
Nat. Misc. pi. 905. — Phoenicophaus tricolor Steph. ; Phcen. viridis 
Vieill. ; Phcen. melanognathus Horsf. 
3. P. corallirhynchus Less. Rev. Zool. 1 839- 1 • 
4. P. calyorhynchus Teram. PI. col. 349. 
Dasylophus Stvains. f 
Bill rather large, compressed laterally, Avith the culmen convex and gradually arched; the gonys 
ascending and angulated ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and entirely hidden by the incumbent frontal 
plumes. Wings short, rounded, with the fifth and sixth quills the longest. Tail lengthened and 
graduated. Tarsi as long as the outer anterior toe, and covered with broad scales. Toes long, with 
the outer ones the longest. The space round the eyes naked. 
The two species composing this genus are only found in the Philippine Islands. 
1. D. superciliosus (Cuv.) Swains. Less. Tr. d’Orn. p. 133. 
2. D. Cumingii Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1839- 1 12., Voy. de la Bonite, Ois. t. 6. — Phoenicophaus Barrotii Eyd. et Souley. 
Cakpococcyx. X 
Bill as long as the head, strong, compressed, with the culmen slightly inclined and curved at the tip 5 
the gonys straight ; the nostrils placed in the middle of the bill, pierced in a longitudinal channel, and 
nearly totally hidden by a cartilaginous plate. Wings moderate and rounded, with the first five quills 
graduated, and the sixth the longest. Tail lengthened and rounded. Tarsi very long, and covered 
with large scales. Toes short. Space round each eye denuded of feathers. 
* Vieillot established this genus in his Analyse 3 p. 27 •> in 1816. Malcolia of Cuvier (1817) and Melias (1827) of M. Gloger <* ie 
synonymous. 
f Mr. Svvainson established this genus (Class, of Birds s ii. p. 324.) in 1837- 
{ The above name was proposed in the place of Calobates , which was established by M. Temminck in his splendid work. Plane les 
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