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ELEMENTS OE OBNITHOLOGT. 



as a type of the group, whereof there are at least twenty different 



species. ,1.11.^ 



"We have just spoken of Birds with large or long beaks, but 

 there is a very noteworthy, though very small, group of Birds 

 whose beaks are so transversely extended that they have obtained 

 the name of Broadbills. The whole group consists but of a 



Fig. 77. 



The Banded Puff-bird (Bticco tecfus). 



dozen species, arranged in seven genera, and the Javan Broad- 

 bill (Ewryloemus javanicus) miiy stand as a type of them. It 

 frequents the banks of rivers and lakes, feeding upon worms, 

 and builds a pendent nest, which overhangs the water. The 

 Broad-bills are described as very stupid Birds, which move about 

 in small parties, and allow themselves to be shot one after 

 the other. Some of them feed on insects in the same mode as 



