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The toucans and cuckoos on the one hand and the king- 

 fishers on the other are grouped into the (jrder Coccyges. The 

 toucans are characterized by an enormous hill, wliich in extreme 

 cases is as long as the rest of the bird. It would be extremely 



Fig. 360. 



■ Bolted kingfisher (Ccrijlc alcyon). 



heavj^ were it not filled with air spaces of great extent. These 

 birds inhabit Brazil. The great bills are of use in feeding on 

 fruits. Filling the place in the Old World of the toucans of the 

 New are the hornbills of Africa and Asia, which are likewise 

 frugivorous. The cuckoos are typically represented by the Old- 

 world cuckoos. Like our own cow-bird, they have the peculiar 



