Binds. Liy, 



Vol. IV. Nq. 35. 



FOREIGN BIRDS. 



Fig. i. The Panayan Hornbiil. 



{Buceros Pcmaycnfis.) 



The ITornbüls form a proper tribe of birds 

 which is confined to Africa and fouie parts of 

 Afia. They are reniai kable for the hornlike pro- 

 tuberance on the upper bill. The unproportio- 

 ned bill is very light. 



The here represented Hornbill which is of 

 the fize of a raven , was fixft discovered by Son- 

 nera t in the Isle of Pan ay a. The colour of its 

 plumage is of a greenish black ; the bill is brown 

 with transverfe wrinkles of orpiment colour. 



Fig. 2. The Arahari Toucan. 



(RJiampkafios Aracari.) 



The Arcikarx belongs to the tribe of the Tou- 

 cans or Peppereaters. As the Hornbills are only 

 found in Aha or Africa , the Toucans are only 

 met with in the fouthern parts of America ; they 

 are remarkable for the unproportioned , large 

 membranaceous bill. The Arakaii inhabits Suri- 

 nam and Cayenne, and meafures generally 16 in- 

 ches in length; the bill is 4 inches, and § long. 

 Its back and wings are dark green; acrofs the 

 yellow bread runs a red band. The blackish feet 

 are provided with 4 toes two before and two be- 

 hind. They live on different fruits. 



Fig. 3. The Brafilian Motmot. 



(Rliamphaßos Momobci.) 



This bird is about the fize of a mag - pie ; it 

 lives folitary in the deep eft recefles of South - Ame- 

 rica and feeds on infects. Its ßrong bill is on the 

 edges indented like a faw. The lower parts are 

 of a reddish leather colour, the back is dark green. 



Fig. 4« The green Toucan 



(Rhamph. viridis.) 



is 14 inches long and generally found in. 

 Cayenne; on account of its variegated plumage 

 it belongs to the clafs of beautiful buds. The 

 large hollow bill is ,3 inches et 1 long and yellow- 

 It; iped with black. Head and neck are of a shi- 

 ning black, breaft and belly yellow. The colour 

 of the back and tail is green. 



Fig. 5. The cinereous Wattle birch 



(Glaucopis cinerea.) 



Of this particular kind of birds the here re- 

 prefenfed Ipecies alone is as yet known. It in- 

 habits New Zealand and is remarkable for the ca- 

 runculated wattles near the bill. The principal 

 colour of this bearded bird is a dark ash colour. 

 It lives on berries and infects, which it gathers 

 running about on the ground. 



Fig. 6. The lelTer Ani. 

 (Crotophagus Ani,) 



Of this kind only three fpecies are known, 

 which confiitute a particular tribe diltinguishing 

 itself by a ftrong crooked bill the upper part of 

 which is sharply edged. The lefTer Ani is black 

 and about 13 inches long, Its food confifis of 

 maggots , the caterpillars of infects and the feeds 

 of different plants. It inhabits the interiour parts 

 of Africa. The immenfe nefis of Grafs which 

 they generally build in community upon the Aca- 

 cia trees, referable at a diftance a thatched roof. 

 In this common neli every female builds her pro- 

 per cell where it hatches. Travellers counted ve- 

 ry often 800 or 1000 of thefe cells in one neft. 



