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SCYTIIROPS. CHANNEL-BILL. 

 Generic Character. 



'Mostrimi magnum, convex- 

 urn, cultratum, longitudi- 

 naliter sulcatum, apice in- 

 curve. 



Nares rotundatiE, nudse, ad 



basin rostri. 

 Lingua elongata, cartila- 



ginea, apice bifida. 

 Pedes scansorii. 



^i/narge, convex, cultrat- 

 ed, longitudinally fur- 

 rowed, and curved to- 

 wards the tip. 



Nostrils rounded, naked, at 

 the base of the bill. 



Tongue elongated, cartila- 

 ginous, bifid at the tip. 



Feet scansorial. 



AUSTRALASIAN CHANNEL-BILL. 



Sc;ythrops Australasias. *S. plumheus, rectricibus albo mgroque 

 fasciatis. 



Lead-coloured Channel-Bill, with the tail-feathers barred with 



black and white. 

 Scythrops Novae HoUandiae. Lath, ind. am. 

 New Holland Channel-BilL Lath, syn, suppl, 2. 

 Psittaceous Hornbill. Fhill. Bot, Bay. p. l65. 

 Anomalous Hornbill. White's Journ. p* 142. 



X HIS genus, at present consisting of a single 

 species only, is nearly allied to that of Ram- 



