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Genus VII. MOTMOT. 



N° i. Brafilian Motmot. 



Var. A. Variegated Motmot. 



THE bill of this genus is pretty ftrong, (lightly incurvated, 

 and indented * at the edges. 



Noftrils covered with feathers. 



Tongue long, narrow, feathered at the edges. 



Tail cuneiform. 



Toes placed three before and one behind ; the fore toes greatly 

 united. 



Were it not for precision, which ever fhould be attended to in 

 defining genera, this might have been joined to the Toucan, as it 

 appears to have many things in common with that bird, on a 

 flight infpeftion, efpecially the edges of the bill and feathered 

 tongue; but the fituation of the toes being placed in a different 

 manner from that genus, makes it neceffary to feparate it, as all 

 authors, except Linnaus, have done. I believe that there is really 

 but one fpecies yet known. 



* I call this indented, as it will be found' different from any of the Toucan 

 tribe, the edges of whofe bills are formed exattly like the edge of afaiu. 



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