BIRD S. 



ORDER 

 PICM. 



BUCEROS. HORNBILL. 



Generic Character. 



Nostrum magnum, extror- 

 sum serratum, mandibula 

 superiore (plerisque) ap- 

 pendice aucta. 



Nares parvae, rotundatse, 



pone rostri basin. 

 Pdpebra ciliis validis cinctae. 

 Lingua brevissima, subtrian- 



gularis, plana. 

 Crura valida, brevia : pedes 



gressorii. 



Bill very large, serrated in 

 an outward direction, and 

 furnished (in most species) 

 with a large appendix on 

 the upper mandible. 

 Nostrils small, round, be- 

 hind the base of the bill. 

 I Eyelids strongly ciliated. 

 Tongue very short, subtri- 



angular, flat. 



Legs short and strong : feet 

 I gressorial. 



HE birds of this remarkable genus may be 

 considered as holding the same rank in the old 

 continent with the Toucans in the new. Like the 

 Toucans they are distinguished by the enormous 

 size of their beaks, which, in most species, are ren- 

 dered still more extraordinary by the addition of a 

 v. vin. p. i. 1 



