MUSOPHAGIP^. MUSOPHAGTN^E. 29/ 
C. Senegalensis.O.d’A.pl.258. striatus. OLs. d’Af. pi. 256. 
leuconotus. lb. pi. 2S7. 
SuBFAM. MUSOPIIAGINAJ. Plantain-eaters. 
Three toes forward and one backward ; the outer toe 
placed obliquely. 
CoBYiHAix, llliger. Bill short, rather small, high, and 
greatly compressed. The frontal feathers reposing 
over and concealing the nostrils. Culmen high, 
curved to the tip. Lower mandible narrow : both 
mandibles distinctly notched at the tip, and finely 
serrated. Wings short, rounded ; the three first quiUs 
graduated.' Tail long, hroad, rounded. Feet short, 
strong. Middle toe longer than the tarsus ; lateral toes 
equal ; hinder shortest ; external toe capable of being 
turned a quarter of the way backward. Claws short, 
thick, and much compressed. 
C. Persn. PI. Enl. 601. erythrolophus. Pi- Col. 23. 
Buffbni. Edwards, pi. 7. leucotis. Ruppell. Mbb. 
Senegalensis. West. Af. 
pi. 31. (head.) 
Ciiiz^BHis, Wagler. Bill large, high and thick at the 
base, compressed beyond. Culmen thick, convex, con- 
siderably arched. Lower mandible not half so high 
as the upper: the tips of both deeply notched, with 
their margins finely crenated. Nostrils basal, placed 
dose to the top of the bill, naked, lunular, and pierced 
in the substance of the bill. Wings lengthened ; the 
four first quills graduated. Tail lengthened, slighUy 
rounded ; the tips very obtuse. Feet as in Corythatx. 
C. variegata. W. Af. i. pi. 20. zonura. RUpp. MSS. 
Musophaga, Isart. Bill resembling that of Chizarhin ; 
but the base enormously dilated, so as to spread like a 
casque or helmet over the fore part of the head as far 
as the crown, where its thickened sides form a semi- 
circle. Nostrils naked, oval, open, placed nearer to 
the tip than to the eyes, and pierced in the substance 
of the bill. Wings, feet, and tail as in Corythaix, 
M. violacea. Isart. West. Af. i. pi* 19* 
