FAMILY CAPITONIDZ^ 



FIG. 36. Crotophaga sulcirostris 

 (Nat. Size) 



become restless and uneasy when approached 

 closely. More observations regarding the relative 

 abundance of the two species in the Canal Zone 

 are much needed. 



41. Family CAPITONID^E 

 The Barbets 



A family of arboreal birds found in the 

 heavily forested regions of tropical Asia, 

 Africa and America, exclusive of the West 

 Indies. They are very closely related to the 

 toucans in structure and resemble them in 

 their very bright and variegated colors in 

 which black, yellow and red usually predom- 

 inate, but they average very much smaller in 

 size, and do not have the enormously en- 

 larged bill of the toucans. Their bill is, 

 however, usually quite large and stout, and 

 often more or less tumid, pointed at the tip, 

 and surrounded by stiff bristles at its base. 



Their similarity in size and in the rather 

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