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SYNDACTYLY. 



FAMILY Y. 



BUCEROTID.E.'"' t 



TJte Hornhills. 



Gen. Chakac. — Bill more or less lengthened, curved, broad at the base and 

 compressed to the end, with the culmen furnished with a singularly-formed 

 helmet, or only curved to the tip, which is acute ; the nostrils basal, and 

 usually rounded ; the wings moderate ; the tail generally long, broad, and 

 more or less graduated ; the tarsi, in most, short and strong ; the toes 

 moderate, strong, and more or less united at their base, especially the outer 

 one ; the claws short and rather obtuse. 



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Fig. 123. — the cresteb hornbill. 

 (Buceros cororuttiDs.) 



The birds of tliis family are at once distinguished 

 by the great size of their bills, which are often so 



* (iovq, bous, an ot ; Kipctg, keras, a horn ; So called because the 

 bill somewhat resembles the horn of an ox. 



t In the Tabular View this family is placed with the Coni- 



ROSTRES. 



