BUCC0NIN2E. 
The species of this genus are found in the tropical parts of America. They chiefly live solitary, pensive, and sde»^ 
in the most retired parts of the woods, where they choose some low branch, well concealed by foliage, on ^ 
they perch, with their large head resting between the shoulders, for a long time together ; but they are called & 
activity by the appearance of coleopterous insects, after which they dart, and having secured them, return again to 
same perch, which they are said to frequent for months together. They arc stated occasionally to support themse ? 
on the trunks of trees by means of their tails in the manner of woodpeckers, while capturing the coleopterous 11156 
that usually abound in them. 
1. B . colluris Lath. PI. enl. 395. — Bucco capensis Linn., Le 
Vaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 42. 
2. B. macrorhynchus Gmel. PI. enl. 689-, Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. 
t. 39. 
3. B. Swainsoni. — Tamatia macrorhynchus Swains. Zool. Illustr. 
pl. 99- 
4. B. pectoralis G. R. Gray. 
5. B. tectus Bodd. PI. enl. 688. f. 2. — Bucco melanoleucus 
Gmel., Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 40. 
6. B. macrodactylus (Spix), Av. Bras, t, 39- f. 2. — Capito Cy- 
phos Wagl . ; Type of Cyphos Spix (1824), 
7. B. bicinctus (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 80 Tamatia bi- 
torquata Swains. 
8. B. gularis (D’Orb. & Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1838. p. l6d. 
9 . B. ruficollis Licht. Isis, 1829- p. 658. ^ 
10. B. tamatia Gmel. PI. erd. 746. f. 1., Le Vaill. Ois. de P ar ^ 
t. 41. — Tamatia maculata Swains., B. of Braz. 11. J TyP e 
Chaunornis G. R. Gray (1841). 
11. B. chacura (Vieill.) N. Diet, d’ Hist. Nat., Azara, b°' " 
— Bucco strigilatus Licht. ; Capito melanotis Temm. PL c0 ^ “ 
12 B. leucotis (Swains.) B. of Braz. 10. 
13. B. maculatus Gmel. Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad., SuppL 
Bucco somnolentus Licht. Swains. B. of Braz. 9- 
Monasa Vieill .* 
Bill long, broad and elevated at the base, with the culmen and lateral margins much curved, and ^ 
sides much compressed to the tip, which is acute ; the gonys long and ascending in a curve ; the n° s 
lateral, and placed in a short membranous groove, with the opening anterior, and covered by the P r ^ 
jecting plumes and bristles. Wings moderate and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills l° n 8 
Tail very long, broad, and rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and covered in front A ^ 
transverse scales. Toes unequal, the outer anterior toe the longest; the claws short, much coinp iesS 
and acute. 
The birds that compose this division arc found in tropical America, and their habits and manners are very si’ 11 
those of the last genus. 
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1. M. atra (Bodd.) PI. enl. 512., Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. t. 44, 
45. — Cuculus tranquillus, Bucco einereus et Corvus australis Gmel. ; 
B. calcaratus Lath. ; Corvus affinis Shaw. 
2. M. nigrifrons (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 43. f. 2. — Lypornix 
unicolor Wagl. 
3. M. leucops (Licht.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 8. — Bucco al- 
bifrons Spix, Av. Bras. t. 41. f. 1 . , Monasa personata Vieill., 
Swains. B. of Braz. 12., Gal. des Ois. t. 36. 
4. M. fusca (Gmel.) Pr. Bonap., Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad. • $ 
Bucco torquatus Hahn, Ausl. Vog. Heft. 13. t. 5 . ; B. striata ^ 
Av. Bras. t. 40. f. 2., Swains. B. of Braz. 34. ; Typ e 
coptila G. R. Gray (1841.). 
5. M. rufa (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 40. f. 1. jole"' 
6. M. rubecula (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 39- f. 1. — Monasa p 1 2 3 
cos Temm. PI. col. 323. f. 2., Swains. B. of Braz. 35. 
7. M. ruficapilla (Tschudi), Fauna Peruana, p. 40. 
* Established by Vieillot in 1816 ( Analyse , Ac. p. 27-)- Lypornix of Wagler (1827), Scotocharis of M. Gloger (1827), 
Nitzsch (1840), and Malacoptila of G. R. Gray (1841) are coequal to the name employed. 
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