ARDEID^. 



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SUB-FAMILY I. 



PSOPHIN.E.""' 



The Trumqyeters. 



Gen. Chaeac. — Bill moderate, with the culmen compressed at the base, vaulted 

 at the apical portion, and curved to the tip, which overhangs the lower 

 mandible and is obtuse ; the nostrils placed in a membranous groove, with 

 the frontal plumes advancing to the opening; the toes moderate or short, 

 and the two outer ones united at their bases, the hind toe short and rather 

 elevated above the base of the anterior toes. 



Fig. 176. — the gold-bbeasted teumpeter. 

 (Peophia crepitans.) 



These remarkable birds inhabit the tropical forests 

 of South America^ where they search for grain and 

 fruits. They are usually discovered by their pecu- 



■>p6(pog, psophos, a noise. 



