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DACELO. 
Atcepo, Latham, Gmelin. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS: 
Rostrum crassum tetragono-conicum, fauce ad oculos hi- 
ante; mandibula superior longior, apicem versus utrin- 
que laté emarginata; nares oblonge. 
Cauda mediocris ; rectricibus duodecim subzqualibus, ex- 
teriore utrinque subbreviore. 
Pedes tetradactyli; digitis tribus anticis, interiore minore, 
exterioribus duobus basi connexis, uno postico: wnques 
curvati. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Beak thick, four-sided-conic; the mouth gaping to the 
eyes ; upper mandible longest, towards its point on each 
side broadly notched ; nostrils oblong. 
Tail moderately long ; composed of twelve nearly equal 
quills; the exterior quill on each side rather shorter than 
the rest. 
Legs with four toes; three anterior, the interior smallest, 
the two exterior connected at their base, one posterior : 
claws curved, 
The birds of this genus inhabit woods at a distance 
from any water. Their food is unknown. 
