MOTMOT. 299 



2,-PARAGUAN MOTMOT. 



Le Tutu, Vo'j. d'Azara, iii. No. 52. 



THIS bird is fourteen inches and a half long - , eighteen and a half 

 wide. The bill strong, bent the whole of the length, and indented 

 on the edges as the others ; the length one inch and a half; nostrils 

 placed obliquely ; top of the head reddish ; sides of it above the eyes 

 black ; plumage on the upper parts of the body in general green ; one 

 part of the wings inclining to blue, the other to deep violet ; upper part 

 of the breast reddish ; on the fore part of the neck a patch of black, 

 the rest green ; lower half of the breast, under part of the body, and 

 under wing coverts blue ; under part of the tail and wings silvery. 



This is the description of M. Azara, who supposes it to be a 

 variety of the common Motmot ; but his annotator, M. Sonnini, 

 esteems it as distinct. 



Inhabits Paraguay, and is not unfrequently seen tame, when it is 

 chiefly kept on fruits, bread, and raw meat : in a state of nature feeds 

 on various things, not only fruits of all kinds, but sometimes even 

 small birds, and mice ; likewise the eggs of other birds, robbing the 

 nests of the owners for that purpose : the cry sometimes may be 

 compared to the word Tututu, at other times to Huuu. 



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