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SYNDACTYL.E. 



SUB-FAMILY IV. 



Galbulin^e. 



The Jacamars. 



Gen. Charac. — Bill long, slender, straight, or slightly curved and acute ; tail 

 long and graduated ; tarsi short ; toes either arranged in two pairs or two 

 toes in front and one behind, the anterior toes united. 



Fig. 122.— the eed-tailed jacamae. 

 {Galhula rnjicauda,) 



These birds^ remarkable for tkeir brilliant plumage, 

 inhabit the tropical parts of the Western hemisphere. 

 They are met with most numerously in Brazil and 

 Guiana, where they live in the penetralia of the 

 forest, and pass their lives in solitude. They are 

 all of moderate size, and feed entirely upon insects. 



