338 M O T M O T. 



i. Ramphaltos momota, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 152. N° 8. 



ERASILIAN £ e Momot, Brif. em. iv. p. 465. pi. 35. f. 3. 



MOTMOT. j p n »/ 7 



p y — — 1 — du Brefil, PI. enl. 370. 



Le Houtou ou Momot, Buf. oif. vi. p. 430. pi. 20. 



Ifpidie feu Meropi affinis — Guira Guainumbi, Rait Syn. p. 49. N° 4, 



— Momot, Id. p. 164. — Will. cm. p. 386. pi. 24. 



Braiilian faw-billed Roller, Ed<w. pi. 328. 



Br. Muf. Leu. Muf. 



Description. '"TpHIS is nearly equal to a Magpie in fize; and is about a foot 

 and a half in length. The bill is an inch amfthree quarters 

 long, and indented on the edges ; the indentations from eleven to 

 thirteen in number ; it is dufky above, and flefh-coloured at the 

 bale, where it is furnifhed with a few briflles : the irides yellow t 

 and the tongue feathered, like that of a Toucan : the upper part 

 and fides of the bill are encompafled with black, which runs 

 through the eyes, and below them, ending in a point : the mid- 

 dle of the crown is black ; between that and the bill blue green;, 

 and the hind head blue, fo that the crown feems furrounded with 

 blue ; below this the colour is cheftnut : the hind part of the 

 neck, back, fcapulars, and rump, green: quills blueiih, with 

 dufky ends : the under parts of the body greenifh buff-colour : 

 on the breaft are three or four narrow black feathers, forming a 

 ipot of that colour : the tail is tea inches and a half long, com- 

 poled of twelve feathers, and much cuneated ; the two middle 

 feathers are above three inches and a half lons-er than the next, 

 and the outer ones of all very fhort ; the fix middle ones are 

 green, with the ends blue, and four of them tipped with black ; 

 the others are wholly green, with the tips dufky : the legs 

 10 brown : 



