PIES, 
Toucans Edw. LXIV. CCXXXIX, 
A genus confined to America , within the Tropics, Feeds on 
fruits : Breeds in hollow trees. Is very noify j eafily made 
tame. 
Mr Ray, mifled by the name of Brafilian Pie , places it with the 
Magpie. Linnaeus calls it Rhamphajlos, a *P a broad 
fword, from the form of its bill, and has VIII fpecies. Brijfon , 
IV. 407. retains the Brafilian name Toucan , and has XII 
fpecies. 
Bill, ftrong, (lightly incurvated ; ferrated at the edges. 
Nostrils, covered with feathers. 
Tail, cuneiform: The two middle feathers much longer than 
the others : Near the ends quite deftitute of webs. The webs 
at the ends fubovated. 
Toes, three before, one behind ; the fore toes clofely united al- 
moft their whole length. 
Brafilian faw-billed Roller. Edw. CCCXXVI. 
Inhabits S. America. 
Ramphajlos Momota of Linnaeus. 
Momotus of Brijfon , IV. 464. who has II fpecies. I retain the 
Mexican name in Fernandez hiji. av. Nov. Hifp. 52. 
Great bending Bill, oft-times a large protuberance refembling 
another bill on the upper mandible. Edges jagged. 
Nostrils, fmall, round, placed behind the bafe of the bill. 
Tongue. 
F Legs 
7 
Ex, 
VII. MOTMOT., 
EXe 
Vlir. HORN- 
BILL. 
