n O R N B I L h, 



and fhorter than the thighs: two joints of the outer toe con- 

 nected to the firft joint of the middle one. Size of a large 

 Pigeon, but the bill very large in refpect to the body. 



Inhabits Arabia, where it is faid to feed on ferpents. Called by 

 the names ftulfak and Dymludi. The former of thefe might rea- 

 dily be confounded with that of Senegal, . Tock, by mere difference 

 of dialed, . 



357 



FLACEo 



White Toucan, Haw&Jw. Voy. i. p. 



it: 



WHITE 

 H. 



^T"\HE bird here referred to is faid to be of the fize of a Goofe, Description* 



. wholly fnow white, except the bill and legs, which were 

 black: the beak curved, and of fo great a length and thicknefs, 

 that it was not eafy to conceive how the mufcles of the neck, 

 which was one foot long, and as fmall as that of a Crane, could 

 fupport it: 



This bird was caught between the ifland of Tinian and Pulo- Place; 



timoen. It was kept alive four months on board, and fed on bif- 

 cuit, after which it died. 



This bird fhould feem rather a Hornbill than a Toucan, as in 

 this latitude no other than Hornbills have been feen ; on the con- 

 trary, in South America, where the Toucans are, there are no Horn- 

 bills: but this cannot be determined for want of better de- 

 fcription. 



Bill 



