Lrrri i:r V. 1:1 



1 PICJB or PM.>, at \vhi< h PI now 



\ery mum-run-, that, far from passing 

 i all the genera of which it is comp< 



I only select a fe\\ Hple--. The 



,iy be con-id n <! as analog >u-~ to 



v among Qnadrn: 1 he bill 



lure in the <lill' rent genera. 1-i.L 



minonly of a slightly compressed and eon- 



II : they !)uiM their nests op deposit, iheir 

 in trees, ami their fr, ( .| is principally of a 



regetable nature, though some genera feed on 



I shall now proceed to select some examples 



of the genera belonging to this numerous order. 



genus Puceros is one of the most singular: 



>ts of birds of rather large size, and dis- 



;i>hed l.y the excessive size of their beaks, 



which an- often still fartln-r ivmark.ihli.- for some 



kind of large prominence on the upper man- 



dihle. The most conspicu- is the I5n- 



lihinoceros of Linnaeus, commonly called 



-Bird: its general size is that of 



a 'I with a much more slender body 



in proportion. It.- colour is black, M'ith the tail 



. l>ur: the beak is of 





