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GRUIDiE. 



Beak slight : nostrils placed in a membraneous, broad, concave 

 groove : hiad and neck more or less naked : legs scutulated : 

 toes four in number^ moderate, the outer one united by a small 

 membrane at the base j the hinder one scarcely resting on the 

 ground. 



The birds of this family are separated from the 

 rest of the group by their food, which is chiefly 

 vegetable, and in their manners, which assimilate with 

 those of the land birds. 



GENUS CCCXIX.— PSOPHIA, Linne. TRUMPETER. 



/?o.9ir?<wt cy lindrico-conicum, 

 convexum ; mandibula su- 

 perior longior. 



Nares ovatae, patulae. 



Lingua cartilaginea, plana, 

 apice laclniata. 



Femora supra genua denu- 

 data. 



Orbitce nudae. 



Beak cylindrio-conic, con- 

 vex ; the upper mandible 

 longest. 



Nostrils oval, open. 



Tongue cartilaginous, flat, 

 its tip jagged. 



Thighs naked above the 

 knee. 



Orbits naked. 



Sp. 1. Ps. crepitans. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 263. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 728. Lath. Inch Orn. ii. p. 657. 

 Ps. nigra dorso griseoj pectore cceruleo-viridi splejidente ; orbitis 



nudis rubris. 

 Black Trumpeter with the back grey ; the breast blue, with a 



green gloss; the orbits red. 

 GousPsophia. Pall. Spic.iv.pl. 1 — PhasianusAntillarum. B7-iss. 



Orn. 1. 269. Ray, Syn. p. 56. — L'Agami. Biiff". Ois. v.iv. 



p. 487. pi. 23. Buf. PI. Enl. 1 69.— Gold-breasted Trumpeter. 



Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. p. 793. pL 68. 



By some unaccountable accident the description 

 and manners of this interesting and well known bird 



