JACAMACIRI. 
slender: but they are discriminated from the 
^yoodpeckers ; since their tongue is not longer 
than their bill, and the feathers of their tail 
are neither stiff nor wedge-shaped. It appears, 
therefore, that the Jacamars constitute a sepa- 
rate genus, which has as great affinity to the 
Woodpeckers, perhaps, as to the Kingfishers. 
It contains only two species, which are both 
natives of the hot climates of America." 
The first species, or Jacamar properly so 
called, is the bird which we have figured from 
Edwards, and which he calls the Jacamaciri 
of Maicgrave. 
The observation of BufFon, above quoted, 
that Edwards has classed it with the Kins;- 
fishcrs, is not true. " It would appear/* 
says Edwards, "to be a pcrfe6f Kingfisher, 
were the feet conformable to tliat o-enus of 
birds ; but, as it has toes two backward and 
two forwards, I have placed it between tlie 
Woodpeckers and Kingfishers." It seems 
strange, that Buft'on should so have misrepre- 
sented Edwards, as his descriptions are in 
Ercnch as well as in Englisli, and the express 
wordy 
