
OF Bp RIP GS THT yg 
— Genusy. ‘CANCROMA, 
Tue BOAT-BILL 
The wG is yen wiih a heal on the middle, like a 
boat turned upfide down. 
. The noftrils are {mall, and placed in a a furrows 
- The tongue is {mall. 
The toes are divided. 
HOUGH the bill of this bird be very 
ftrong, and would give it the power of 
aedine’ other birds, it is of a gentle nature. — 
Tt 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 fith. It darts down upon them, and 
rifes again without flaying upon the water. It 
_ walks with the neck arched, and the back bowed. 
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Tts 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 Feuthers, which 
hang down; the feathers of the creft are narrow, 
and end ina point, thofe in the middle are the 
le longett, they are fix inches in length, 
. perce 

‘The bill is four inches long, and like the bowls : 
of two {poons: placed with the hollow parts to- 
ce : 
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