Order IJ 
passeres. 
Tribe I. Fissjrostres Diurn.e. Family V. Alcedinjil*. 
Tl 
ha 
° fourth Subfamily, 
GALBULTN/F, or Jacamars, 
Cllrv e Gill more or less long, generally straight, and pointed, sometimes rather depressed, broad, and 
t} le ^ ’ Oie Wings moderate, with the fourth quill the longest; the Tail more or less long and graduated ; 
h e f 0r ^ ' Gr y short, and generally clo tiled with feathers; the Toes four or three, usually placed two 
n e nd ^' vo behind (except when the inner posterior toe is wanting), the two anterior toes united to 
end of the inner one. 
Galbula Mcehr.* 
^°pin 171010 0r ^ ess lengthened, slender, straight, and four-sided, with the culinen keeled, the sides 
frti'n' r ^ a f era l margins, which are straight ; the gonys lengthened, keeled, and straight ; the base 
t} lc Av ' dl two long slender bristles ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and placed in a small groove, with 
iHoj, ^ ' U1,0 Sma H and exposed. Wings moderate and rounded, with the fourth quill the longest. Tail 
T 0es ° Ss ^ on g and graduated. Tarsi very short, more or less slender, and covered with feathers. 
< l Ua l; the outer anterior toe longest; the inner posterior toe very small, or entirely wanting. 
The 
°f the compose this genus are peculiar to the tropical portions of South America, and arc also found in some 
^keq 11( lian isles. They inhabit the humid forests, where it is usual to observe them seated singly on some low 
' v 'th ’ llut *l the approach of an insect calls them into action, after which they dart off rapidly, and securing it 
S b' e Wed with^^ 61161 ^ acute bill, return to the same place again. The ground round their chosen position is generally 
' berg ;vrit | ^ t be wings of insects, as they only feed on the bodies. Some species are stated to frequent the borders of 
kin 8fish erg r ?° ks ’ aud t0 fecd on fish and ^eir fry. These birds form a hole in trees or in banks of rivers, like the 
b'o out\ V;u , ( j t 0 entrance of which is an inch and a half in diameter, and the eggs are placed about eight inches fiom 
surface. They are usually three in number. 
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Levaill. 
" Alcedo galbula Linn. Edvv. Birds, pi. 334. 
Hist. Nat. Jac. t. 47, 48, 49-, Vieill. Ois. 
C!,)u ra y. 
Galbula 
o - f'iei/i' 1 ' 1 ,. CUV ' Levai11 - Hist. Nat. Jac. t. 50. 
.1 * leptC'a aL dCS ° is ’ 
C ' t 52, „ ® Wa 'ns. Lath. Gen. Syn. pi. 26., Levaill. Hist. Nat. 
Nat.*G V lClU ' N- Uict ' d ’ Hist - N «t- xvi. p. 441., Le- 
G. nii.; Ue P' ® u Ppl. t. h. — Galbula albiventer Less. 
ieili ^ Lath ' Levai11 - Hist. Nat. Jac. t,. 51. — Galbula 
UL °is. dor t 4) 5 
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6. G. tombacea Spix, Av. Bras. t. 58. 
7. G. paradisea (Linn.) PL enL *71. Levaill. Hist. Nat. Jac. -t. 
52. Vieill. Ois. dor t. 3. 
8. G. tridactyla (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xvi. p. 444. t. 
E. 32. f. 2. Av. Bras. t. 57. f. 2. - Galbula ceycoides Such. Jard. 
& Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 22. ; Jacamaralcyon brasiliensis Less. 
Hist. Nat. Guep. Suppl. t. L. ; 
( 182 9 ). 
9. G. lugubris Swains. Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 3 29, 
10. G. albogularis Spix, Av. Bras. t. 57 
Levaill. 
Type of Jacamaralcyon Cm. 
i Quai 
f. 1. 
* Established by Mcehring in 1752. It embraces 
Jacamaralcyon of Cuvier (1829)* 
