

GALBULIM. 



Jacamehops Cuv.* 



Bill lengthened, curved, broad, and rather depressed at the base, with the culmen curved, and slightly 

 keeled ; the sides sloping to the lateral margins, which are curved to the tip; the gonys long, and rather 

 keeled ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and placed anteriorly in a small groove, with the opening exposed. 

 Wings moderate and rounded, with the fourth quill the longest. Tail lengthened, broad, and graduated. 

 Tarsi very short, slender, and mostly concealed by feathers. Toes unequal, the outer anterior toe longer 

 than the outer posterior one, the inner posterior toe the shortest of all ; the claws long, compressed, and 

 acute. 



It is in the tropical parts of South America that the species which compose this genus are found. Their habits and 

 manners are unknown, but are supposed to be similar to those of the foregoing genus. 



1. J. grandis (Gmel.) Levaill. Hist. Nat. Jac. t. 54. Ois. dor. I 2. J. Boersii (Ranz.) Levaill. Hist. Nat. Jac. t. 53. 

 t. 6. — Galbula jacarairici Shaw. ; Lamprotila platyrhyncha Swains. \ 



* Established by Cuvier in 1817- Lamprotila of Mr. Swainson (1837) is synonymous. 



June, 1847. 



