BIRDS 



ORDER 



PI C^. 



RAMPHASTOS. TOUCAN. 



Generic Character, 



Rvstrum maximum, inane, 



i convex um, extrorsum ser- 

 ratum, apice subincurva- 

 tum. 



Nares pone rostri basin : or- 



bitae nudse. 

 Lingua angusta, elongata, 



pennacea. 

 Pedes scansorii. 



Bill very large, light, hol- 

 low, convex, serrated out- 

 wards, slightly curved at 

 the tip. 



Nostrils behind the base of 

 the bill: orbits naked. 



Tongue long, narrow, fea- 

 ther-shaped. 



Feet scansorial. 



TThE birds of this genus first became known to 

 naturalists on the discovery of South-America, to 

 the warmer regions of which they appear, in ge- 

 neral, to be confined. Like the Hornbills, they 

 are distinguished by the enormous size of their 

 beaks, which, in some species, is nearly equal to 

 that of the whole body. It is however of a very 

 light substance, and, in the living bird, is even 

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