Genus — L OPHOCHROA. 
Lophochroa Bonaparte Comptes Rendus Sci. 
(Paris), Vol. XLIV., p. 537, 1857 . . . . Type L. leadbeateri. 
Medium-sized Kakatoeine birds with short bills, long wings, long tail, small 
legs and feet and peculiar coloration. The head is crested with long recurved 
narrow feathers. 
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The bill is similarly formed to that of the preceding genus but is shorter, 
with the tip not projecting, the culmen more rounded. 
The cere is feathered, the nostrils being hidden. 
The lores are feathered, but there is a bare space round the eye. 
The wing is long, the first primary longer than the sixth and shorter than 
the fifth, but the latter is shorter than the second, third and fourth which are 
subequal and longest. The first five primaries are scallopped on their inner 
webs. The tail is long, composed of broad feathers, and just exceeds half the 
length of the wing. 
The legs and feet are smaller than those of the preceding genus, but are 
similarly formed. 
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