OF BIRDS. 
Genus44. CANCROMA. 
Toe BOA T-BILL. 
The bill is broad, with a keel along the middle, like a 
boat turned upfide down. 
The noftrils are fmall, and placed in a furrow. 
The tongue is {mall. 
The toes are divided. 
HOUGH the bill of this bird be very 
ftrong, and would give it»the power of 
hurting other birds, it is of a gentle nature. 
It lives far from the fea, in Savannas that. are 
overflown, and on the banks of rivers. 
It perches upon trees near the water, and 
watches for fifh. It darts down upon them, and 
rifes again without ftlaying upon the water, It 
walks with the neck arched, and the back bowed, 
Its eyes are placed near the bafe of the beak, 
which makes it appear very favage. From the 
back of its head is a long creft of feathers, which 
hang down; the feathers of the creft are narrow, 
and end in a point, thofe in the middle are the 
longeft, they are fix inches in length. 
The bill is four inches long, and like the bowls 
of two fpoons placed with the hollow parts to- 
gether. 
GENUS 

