BRASILIAN SAW-BILLED ROLLER, 
same in Brisson's subjed ; but that they ap» 
peared so much Hke a ddeS:, that his draughts- 
man thought he amended them in his figure.'* 
To this, which is the compleat account of 
Edwards, we shall add all that is said by Buf- 
fon ; who, certamly, gives a very good reason 
for calling it the Houtou* 
We retain," says he, the name Hou- 
tou, which has been given by the natives of 
Guiana, since it is expressive of the cry. 
Whenever the bird makes a spring, it briskly 
and distin6lly articulates ''Houtou !" The tone 
is deep, and resembles a man*s voice. That cha- 
racler alone sufficiently discriminates the living 
bird, whether it be in the state of freedom or of 
domestication. Fernandez, who first noticed 
the Houtou, has inadvertently mentioned it by 
two different names, and this mistake has been 
copied by all the nomenclators. Maregrave is 
the only naturalist who has not been misled. 
It should seem, that Fernandez was deceived 
by the sight of a mutilated specimen, which 
induced him to admit two species r for the 
single naked quill, which he observed, could 
not 
