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ELBMBSTS OF OENITHOLOGT. 



seen, its appea>rance is not easily forgotten. It inhabits river- 

 banks in South America. 



A very odd South- American Bird {Oaneroma cochlearid) is 

 called the " Boat-bill," on account of its wide and capacious 

 beak. Another Bird, not less singular and with a still larger 



Fig. 37. 



The Joat-bill (Cancroma cochlearia). 



beak, comes from Africa, where it inhabits the banks of the 

 Upper Nile, and is even there a rare Bird. It is of large size, 

 and its great bill resembles somewhat the jaws of a Crocodile. 

 It is called the Shoe-bill (Balcmiceps rex). Another African 

 Bird of very much smaller size (about the size of a Crow), with 

 a much smaller and compressed beak, is remarkable for building 



