ORDER PASSERES. 415 



The T. CerulcBus appears to be a Kingfisher. Ed. 



The Todus fmcus, T. ferrugineous, T. plumbeus, 

 T. syhia, T. cinereuSj and T, variics, have also been 

 named. 



The following species have been improperly re- 

 ferred to this genus: — Todus Regius^ Enl. 289; 

 ParadisceuSi ib. 234 ; Leitcoceplialus^ Pallas, and the 

 two Platyrhinci of Desmarest, which are Todus Ros- 

 tratus and Nasutus of Shaw, or the To. Platyrhynchos 

 and Macrorhynchos of Gm. Vieillot gives the first. 

 Gal. 126. 



We shall terminate the history of this order by 

 the most extraordinary of its genera, which have not 

 so much resemblance to the other Syndactyli as they 

 have to one another, and which might very well 

 make a particular family. These are 



The HORNBILLS. (BUCEROS, L.) 



Large birds of Africa and the Indies, which their 

 enormous denticulated bill, surmounted by promi- 

 nences sometimes as great as itself, or at least 

 strongly swelled out above, renders so remarkable, 

 and connects with the toucans ; while their port and 

 habits approximate them to the ravens, and their 

 feet are those of Merops and Alcedo. The form of 

 the excrescences of the bill varies with age. The 

 interior is usually cellular. The tongue is small, at 

 the bottom of the throat. They take all kinds of 

 food, hunt mice, small birds, and reptiles, and do 

 not disdain carcasses. 



