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islands near Chartum^ on the White Nile^ but was unable to 
shoot them; but he afterwards was offered specimens at 
Chartum"^^ so that we are sure of its locality. This bird has 
an enormously large spoon-shaped bill, somewhat like that 
of the boat-bill, and ending in a strong hook ; the nostrils 
are much extended longitudinally ; there is a fold of skin 
beneath the under mandible, which probably, as in the peli- 
can, is capable of being extended into a pouch ; the toes are 
without webs. The only known species {B, rex) is of an 
ashy-grey colour, paler on the belly and thigh. 
The Cariama {JDicJiolojjJius cristatus) is a large bird, some- 
w^hat allied to the trumpeters : the beak is longer and some- 
what hooked, giving the head somewhat of the look of a 
bird of prey ; the legs are long, and have three shortish 
toes, and a hind toe, which is short and elevated : its chief 
food consists of lizards and insects. Mr. Gardnerf fre- 
quently met with this bird when passing through bushy 
grassy tracts in some parts of Brazil, and was struck with 
its loud cries, which it continues from early dawn till night ; 
the sound produced he compares to the yelping of a dog. 
The bird generally goes in pairs, and keeps much to the 
Jardine's ' Contributions to Ornitliology ' for 1853. 
t Travels in Brazil, p. 423. 
