
6& THE NATURAL HISTORY 
Crxus 1G. 3 B U C c Be ; on 
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Tue TAMATIA, OR. -BARBET.: 
~ The beak ‘is ccultrated, compre at ie ides, bent 2 as the 
point, witha margin on each fide. °° — 
« The gape of the beak extending to bela the pa an 
The noftrils covered with ftiff. reclining feathefs O18 Yo: | 
The toes two before and two behind, for sinvieat 
NA M ATI A 5. live i in ‘the mott folitary parts | 
' of forefts ; they are. never. feen in flocks. ; 3 
their flicht is — and fhort; they perch mott 
on the buthielt trees, and remain upon them a long | 
time without changing place 5 their head is large. 
in proportion to the body, and the tail fhort. 
They often draw their-heads inwards. towards the 
fhoulders, and feem rather me lancholy, Their 
bodies are as broad as they are long. , They, feed 
mottly on infects, and are found ‘both j in Africa. 
and America. 
One of the Ta amatias has a ve llow w feripe acrofs 
the hack. 
The Tamatias’ are fo idiolent: that you may : 
fhoot at them more than once, before they will 
Ay from we branch where they are PeERer 
: | . ~ Genes. 
