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Eaters; and for this reason/' he adds, H we 
have placed the Middle- Bills between them 
and the Fig-Eaters, The tail of the Pitpits is 
also square at it's termination ; while, in the 
Fig-Eaters, it is somewhat forked. These 
two characters, drawn from the bill and the 
tail, are a sufficient foundation for forming 
two genera of these birds," 
To this, general account by Buffon, we shall 
annex the following particular description 
given by Edwards to accompany his very ac- 
curate figure of the Guira-Guacuberaba. 
** The bill is moderately thick ; dusky above, 
and of a flesh-colour beneath. A narrow bor- 
der of black surrounds the basis of the upper 
mandible, and extends in breadth on the sides 
of the head under the eyes to the place of the 
ears, and round the lower mandible it reaches 
nearly an inch down the throat. The top of 
the head, the hinder side of the neck, the back, 
the wings, and the tail., are of a pleasant olive- 
green colour. A yellow line passes round the' 
forehead, over the eye, and down the sides of 
the neck, and divides the black on the fore- 
part 
