STEATORNIS. 



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however^ separate it Avidelv from its apparent relatives. The bill 

 is strong and hawk-like, being sharply hooked at the tip, with 

 a small gape, and laterally compressed. The rictal bristles well 

 developed. The wings are long. The tail long and rounded. 

 The legs and feet are small, the toes rather long and naked, except 

 for a few hair-like bristles which are very sparseh' distributed, and 

 the claws are sharply curved. The distribution is restricted to 

 the northern portion of South America. 



Genus STEATORNIS Humb. 



Steatornis Humboldt, Eecueil Observations de Zoologie et d"Anatomie 

 Comparee, ii. p. 141, 1S17. Type S. caripensis Humb. 



The characters of this genus are the same as those given under 

 the family. 



Fiir. G4-. — To ii[\o\\ the form of the bill and the long rictal bristles. 



FIlt. ()•"'. 'I'"' illii>-tnitc the Iniiu; l<»''s and ^-liaridy curvcil daw ■ 



