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CHAP. XVIII.] BIRDS. 307
Andigena, is confined to the forest slopes of the South American
Andes. The genera are :—• •
Bhamjphastos (12 sp.), Mexico to South Brazil; Pteroylosms
(16 sp.), Nicaragua to South Brazil (Plate XV. Vol. II. p. 28)
Selenidera (7 sp.), Veragua to Brazil, east of the Andes ; Andigena
(6 sp.), the Andes, from Columbia to Bolivia, and West
Brazil ;
Aulacorhaw.jphus (10 sp.), Mexico to Peru and Bolivia.
Family 56.—MUSOPHAGID^. (2 Genera, 18 Species.)
General Distribution.
Neotropical Nearctic Pal/Earctic Ethiopian Oriental Australian
SuB-REoiONS. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions.
1 .22.3 —
The Musophagidse, or Plantain-eaters and Turacos, are hand-
some birds, somewhat intermediate between Toucans and Cuc-
koos. They are confined to the Ethiopian region and are most
abundant in West Africa. The Plantain eaters (Musophaga,
2 sp.), are confined to West Africa; the Turacos {Turacus, 16
sp., including the sub-genera CorythaAx and Schizorhis) range
over aU Africa from Abyssinia to the Cape (Plate V. Vol. I.
p. 264).
Neotropical
Sub-regions.
Family 57.—COLIID^. (1 Genus, 7 Species.)
Nearctic
Sub-regions.
General Distribution.
Pal^earctic
Sub-regions.
Ethiopian
Sub-regions.
1.2.3—
Oriental
Sub-regions.
Australian
Sub-regions.
The Colies, consisting of the single genus Colius, are an
anomalous group of small finch-like birds, occuping a position
between the Picarise and Passeres, but of very doubtful affinities.
Their range is nearly identical with that of the Musophagidse,
but they are most abundant in South and East Africa.
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