372 ° | camparepben 
Enl. 892. Each of them has a black streak and a white one be- 
hind the eye. Their name is derived from the swiftness with 
which they run. Nothing is known with respect to their 
habits. (1) 
As far as we can judge from their exterior, it is here that we can 
most conveniently place the 
Carrama, Briss—Mricropactytus, Geofl.—DicuoLornuus, 
Illig.(2) 
Whose beak is longer and more hooked, the commissure extend- 
ing under the eye, which gives them somewhat of the physiognomy 
and disposition of birds of prey, and approximates them somewhat 
to the Herons. Their extremely long and scutellated legs are ter- 
minated by very short toes, slightly palmated at base, and bya 
thumb which cannot reach the ground. 
One species only is known, and that is from South America, 
the Micro. cristatus, Geoff.; Palamedea cristata, Gm.; Saria, 
Azzar.; Ann. du Mus. d’Hist. Nat., XIII, pl. xxvi; Col. 237, and 
Vieill. Gal. 259. Itis larger than the Heron, and feeds on lizards 
and insects, which it hunts for on high grounds and along the 
edges of forests. Its plumage is a fawn-coloured grey, waved 
with brown; some slender feathers on the base of the beak form 
alight tuft which inclines forwards. It flies but seldom, and then 
badly; its loud voice resembles that of a young Turkey. As its 
flesh is much esteemed, it has been domesticated in several’ 
places. 
FAMILY III. 
CULTRIROSTRES. 
This family is recognized by the thick, long, and strong 
beak, which is most generally trenchant and pointed, and is 
almost wholly composed of the birds comprised 1 in the genus 
Arvea of Linnzus. In a great number of species, the trachea 
(1) Add the Coure-vite a ailes violettes (Curs. Chalcopterus, T.\, Col. 298; 3—the C. 
. @ double collier (C. bicinctus, T.), Man. Orn.;—Curs. Teminckii, Sw ains. Zool. Ill, 106. 
(2) Microdactylus, short-finger. Dicholophus, crest in two rows. Hematopus, 
blood-coloured feet. M. Vieillot has preferred the barbarous name of Cogan, 
which must be pronounced Brprcni 
