. Animals in menageries. 322 TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER 124. Crotophaga sulcirostra. Entirely black : feathers of the body with glossymargins. Bill with the sides longitudinally grooved*{fig. Q5. c) Inhabits Mexico. Mus. Nost. Smaller than the last. I introduce this species merely forthe purpose of comparison with the two others ; although itwas described in my Synopsis of Mexican Birds, near threeyears before M. Lesson called it C. Casasii. 125. Bucco chrysoptera. Above,, black, striped withyellow j beneath, yellowishwhite : frontlet crimson ; chin yellow : ears black, margined -^ ^^^^^ wi
. Animals in menageries. 322 TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER 124. Crotophaga sulcirostra. Entirely black : feathers of the body with glossymargins. Bill with the sides longitudinally grooved*{fig. Q5. c) Inhabits Mexico. Mus. Nost. Smaller than the last. I introduce this species merely forthe purpose of comparison with the two others ; although itwas described in my Synopsis of Mexican Birds, near threeyears before M. Lesson called it C. Casasii. 125. Bucco chrysoptera. Above,, black, striped withyellow j beneath, yellowishwhite : frontlet crimson ; chin yellow : ears black, margined -^ ^^^^^ with white ; wing covers, andmargins of the lesser quills,golden yellow, {fig. 6Q.) Inhabits South Africa. Dr. Burchells Coll. 332. m. Size very^small. Total length 41 inches; bill, from the front,hardly \; wings 2^; tail, beyond, \; ditto, base \\; tarsus^.^Obs. Rather larger than B. chri/socomtcs : the yellow stripeson the back are only on one side of each feather. 126. Geobates brevicauda. Ferruginous above; paler benea
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