BIRD S.- 



ORDER 



PICyE. 



BUCEROS. HORNBILL. 



Generic Character. 



Fiostrum magnum, extror- 

 sum scrratum, mandibula 

 superiore (plerisque) ap- 

 pendice aucta. 



i^ares parvae, rotundatse, 



pone rostri basiu. 

 Falpebrce ciliis validis cinctoe. 

 Lingua brevissima, subtrian- 



gularis, plana. 



"ura valida, brevia : pedes 



gressorii. 



Bill very large, serrated in 

 an outward direction, and 

 furnished (in most species) 

 with a large appendix on 

 the upper mandible. 



Nostrils small, round, be- 

 hind the base of the bill. 



Eyelids strongly ciliated. 



Tongue very short, subtri- 

 angular, flat. 



Ze^v"? short and strong: feet 

 gressorial. 



T^HE birds of this remarkable genus may be 

 considered as holding the same rank in the old 

 continent with the Toucans in the new. Like the 

 Toucans they are distinguished by the enormous 

 sii',e of their beaks, which, in most species, are ren- 

 dered still more extraordinary by the addition of a 



V. VIII. p. I. 1 



