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Descriptions. 



THE. JABIRU AND JABIRU GUACU. 



THESE are both birds of the crane kjiid, and 

 natives of Brasil. The bill of the latter is red, 

 and thirteen inches long; the bill of the former 

 is black* and is found to be eleven. Neither of 

 them, however, are of a size proportioned to their 

 immoderate length of bill. The jabiru guacu is 

 not above the size of a common stork, while the 

 jabiru with the smallest bill exceeds the size of a 

 swan. They are both covered with white fea- 

 thers, except the head and neck, which are 

 naked: and their principal difference is in the 

 size of the body and the make of the bill; the 

 lower chap of the jabiru guacu being broad, and 

 bending upwards. 



THE ANHIMA. 



THIS is a water-fowl of the rapacious kind, 

 and bigger than a swan. The head, which is 

 small for the size of the body, bears a black bill, 

 which is not above two inches long; but what 

 distinguishes it in particular is a horn growing 

 from the forehead as long as the bill ; and bend- 

 ing forward like that of the fabulous unicorn of 

 the ancients. This horn is not much thicker 

 than a crow-quill, as round as if it were turned 

 hi a lathe, and of an ivory colour. But this is 



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