I'HE 
BOAT-BILL. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill shaped like an inverted boat. 
Nostrils small, lodged in a furrow. 
Tongue small. 
Toes divided. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
BOAT-BILL with the hind-head furnished 
with a black, pendent crest. 
BOAT-BILL. 
Lath. Syn. 5. p. 26, 
Le Savacou. 
Buf. ois. 7 . p. 443. 
PI. Enl. 38. 86q. 
The Boat Bill is an inhabitant of South-America, 
where it frequents watery places, feeding nearly in the 
manner of herons, on frogs, fish, &c. 
