LOXIAD^. 85 



Inhabits Paraguay. Length fourteen inches and 

 a half: beak strong, bent the whole of its length, 

 which is one inch and a half: nostrils placed obliquely : 

 top of the head reddish : sides of it above the eyes 

 black : plumage on the upper parts of the body in 

 general green : part of the wings inclines to blue, 

 the rest to deep violet : upper part of the breast red- 

 dish : on the fore part of the neck a patch of black, 

 the rest green : lower half of the breast, under part 

 of the body, and under wing-coverts blue: under part 

 of the tail and wings silvery. 



FAMILY v.— LOXIADtE. 



Rostrum conicum, validum, crasswn, ad basin rotundatum ; man- 

 dibula superior recta aut arcuata, integra vel subemarginata, 

 viferior recta, apice obtiiso .• pedes simptices. 



Beak conic, stout, thick, rounded at the base ; the upper man- 

 dible straight, or arcuated, intire or slightly emarginated, the 

 lower straight, with its apex obtuse : thejeet simple. 



The Loxiadse are distinguished from the birds of 

 the two preceding families by their inferior size, 

 united to the strength and grossness of their beak, 

 which is very conspicuous in the typical groups, and 

 as much out of proportion to the bulk of the bird, as 

 that of the Hornbills. 



GENUS CXCIIL— PHYTOTOMA, Gmelin. 

 PLANTAIN-CUTTER. 



Rostrum crassum, robustum, 

 rectum, utrinque serra- 

 tum. 



Pedes tetradactyli, digitis 

 tribus anticis, uno postico. 



Beak thick, robust, straight, 

 its sides serrated. 



Legs four-toed, three toes in 

 front, one behind. 



