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Section D. Bills slender, long, more or less arch- 
ed and witheut notches. 
Urpvupa, (hoopoe, messenger-bird,) bill arched, 
long, slender, convex, a littte compressed, some- 
what obtuse; nostrils at the base of the bill, small; 
tongue obtuse, entire, triangular, very short ; feet 
formed for walking. 
Cerruta, (creeper,) bill arched, slender, some- 
what triangular, pointed; tongue various, gener- 
ally pointed ; feet formed for walking. 
Trocuivus, (humming-bird,) bill subulate fili- 
form, tubular at the tip, longer than the head; upper 
mandible sheating the lower ; tongue filiform, the 
two threads coalescing, tubular ; feet formed for 
walking. 
Section E. Equal toes, or the outer toe about as 
long as the middle one. 
Menrops, (bee-eater,) bill curved, quadrangular, 
compressed, carinate, pointed ; nostrils small at 
_ the base of the bill ; tongue slender, tip (general- 
ly) jagged ; feet gressoral. 
Momorvs, (motmot,) bill strong, slightly curv- 
ed, serrate at the edges ; nostrils feathered ; tongue 
feathered ; tail wedged ; feet gressoral. 
Aucepo, (king-fisher,) bill triangular, thick, 
strait, long, peinted 5 tongue fleshy, very short, 
flat, pointed ; feet (ia most) gressoral. 
Topus, (tody,) bill subulate, depressed, obtuse, 
straight, covered at the base with bristles ; nos- 
. trils oval, small; feet gresseral. 
Buceros, (hornbill,) bill convex, curved, sharp- 
edged, large, serrate outwardly, with a horny pro- 
tuberance on the upper mandible near the base 3. 
