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Beak slight : nostrils placed in a membraneous, broad, concave 

 groove : head and nech more or less naked : legs scutulated : 

 toes four in number, moderate, the outer one united by a small 

 membrane at the base ; the hinder one scarcely resting on tlie 

 ground. 



The birds of this family are separated from the 

 rest of the group by their food, which is chiefly 

 vegetable, and in their manners, which a,ssimilate with 

 those of the land birds. 



GENUS CCCXIX.— PSOPHIA, Linne. TRUMPETER. 



Rostrum cylindrico-conicum, 

 convexum ; mandibula su- 

 perior longior. 



Nares ovatae, patulae. 



Lingua cartilaginea, plana, 

 apice laciniata. 



Femora supra genua denu- 

 data. 



Orbit^e nudje. 



BeaTc cylindrio-conic, con- 

 vex ; the upper maridihle 

 longest. 



Nostrils oval, open. 



Tongue cartilaginous, flat, 

 its tip jagged. 



Thighs naked above the 

 knee. 



Orbits naked. 



Sp. 1. Ps. crepitans. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 263. Gmel. Syst.Nat. 

 I. 728. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 657. 



Ps. nigra dorso griseo; pectore ccBruleo-viridi splendente ; orbitis 

 nudis rubris. 



Black Trumpeter with the back grey ; the breast blue, with a 



green gloss ; the orbits red. 

 GousPsophia. Pall. Spic.iv.pl. I Phasianus Antillarum. Briss, 



Orn. 1. 269. Ray, Syn. p. 56. — L'Agami. Buff. Ois. v. iv. 



p. 487. pi. 23. Buf. PI. Enl. 1 69.— Gold-breasted Trumpeter. 



Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. p. 793.pl. 68. 



By some unaccountable accident the description 

 and manners of this interesting and well known bird 



