BIRDS. , PIES. Scythrops. 619 



near the ends, which are webbed, and of an oval fhape ; the bill is of a moderate fize, about two 

 inches long, of a blackifh colour, its bafe being flefli coloured ; the legs and feet are black, with hook- 

 ed claws. 

 564 jg. Variegated Brafilian Motmot. — M. brafilienfis variegatus. 



The plumage is variegated with green, tawny, blue, and am colour. Lath. ind. orn. i. 



140. n. 1. ,3. 



Momotus varius. Briff. av. iv. 469. n. 2. — Yayauquitotl. Raj. av. 167. n. 19. "Will. orn. 298. — 

 Long-tailed Bird. Will. orn. angl. 386. — Variegated Motmot. Lath. fyn. i. 34c. n. 1. a. 



Inhabits with the former, from which it differs chiefly in colour. 



VIII. SGYTHROP S.— S CTTHROPS. 



The bill is large, convex, fharp edged, channeled at the fides, 

 and hooked at the point: The noftrils are rounded, naked, 

 and placed at the bafe of the bill: The tongue is cartilagi- 

 nous, and fplic at the point: The legs are formed for climb- 

 ing, having two toes before and two behind. 



This genus, of which only one fpecies is hitherto known, holds a kind of middle rank between the 

 Hornbill and Toucan ; having a large bill, not quite fo difproportioned as in the latter, and not fer- 

 rated, and wanting the horny excrefcence of the former, it likewife wants the feathery tongue of the 

 Toucan. 



j-6- i, Pfittaceous Scythrops. — Scythrops pfittaceus. 



The only known fpecies. 



Scythrops novae-hollandiae. Lath. ind. orn. i. 141. n. 1. — Pfittaceous Hornbill. Phil. bot. bay. 

 t. p. 165. 



Inhabits New-fouth-wales. — Is about the lize of a Crow, but owing to the length of the tail it 

 meafures two feet two inches long : The bill is convex, with a ridge on the back like a boat's keel, 

 and having longitudinal furrows at the fides ; its edges are fmooth, and the fore part is bent down- 

 wards; its colour is pale brown, turning yellowifh towards the tip-, the noftrils are placed at the bafe 

 of the bill, are oval, naked, and furrounded with a red wrinkled lkin ; the orbits are naked, and, 

 efpecially above the eyes, the fkin is red and wrinkly ; the tongue is a third part ihorter than the 

 bill, and is fplit into two at the end ; the head, neck, and under parts of the body are pale blue- 

 grey ; the back, wings, and tail, are afh coloured, moft of the feathers having dufky blackifh tips ; 

 the tail is long and wedge-like, the two middle feathers meafuring eleven inches, and the outer quill 

 on each fide little more than feven ; a black bar croffes the whole near the end, and all the tips are 

 white; the black tips of the feathers on the back and wings form feveral tranfverfe bars on the wings; 

 the wings are long, and when clofed reach more than three fourths of the length of the tail ; the 

 legs are fhort and fcaly, and, with the toes and hooked claws, are black. The above name is given 



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