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Binds. LIV. Vol. IV. No. 35., FOREIGN BIRDS., Fig. 1. The Panayan Hornbill. (Buceros Panayensis.), The Hornbills form a proper tribe of birds which is confined to Africa and some parts of Asia. They are remarkable for the hornlike protuberance on the upper bill. The unproportioned bill is very light., The here represented Hornbill which is of the size of a raven, was first discovered by Sonnerat in the Isle of Panaya. The colour of its plumage is of a greenish black; the bill is brown with transverse wrinkles of orpiment colour., Fig. 2. The Arakari Toucan. (Rhamphastos Aracari.), The Arakari belongs to the tribe of the Toucans or Peppereaters. As the Hornbills are only found in Asia or Africa, the Toucans are only met with in the southern parts of America; they are remarkable for the unproportioned, large membranaceous bill. The Arakari inbabits Surinam and Cayenue, and measures generally 16 inches in length; the bill is 4 inches, and 1/2 long. Its back and wings are dark green; across the yellow breast runs a red band. The blackish feet are provided with 4 toes two before and two behind. They live on different fruits., Fig. 3. The Brasilian Motmot. (Rhamphastos Momota.), This bird is about the size of a mag-pie; it lives solitary in the deepest recesses of South-America and feeds on insects. Its strong bill is on the edges indented like a saw. The lower parts are of a reddish leather colour, the back is dark green., Fig. 4. The green Toucan. (Rhamph. viridis.), is 14 inches long and generally found in Cayenne; on account of its variegated plumage it belongs to the class of beautiful birds. The large hollowbill is 3 inches et 1/2 long and yellow-striped with black. Head and neck are of a shining black, breast and belly yellow. The colour of the back and tail is green., Fig. 5. The cinereous Wattle bird. (Glaucopis cinerea.), Of this particular kind of birds the here represented species alone is as yet known. It in» habits New Zealand and is remarkable for the carunculated wattles near the bill. The principal colour of this bearded bird is a dark ash colour. It lives on berries and insects, which it gatherg running about on the ground., Fig. 6. The lesser Ani. (Crotophagus Ani.), Of this kind only three species are known, which constitute a particular tribe distinguishing itself by a strong crooked bill the upper part of which is sharply edged. The leffer Ani is black and about 13 inches long. Ils food consists of maggots, the caterpillars of insects and the feeds of différent plants. It inbabits the interiour parts of Africa. The immenfe nests of Grass wbîch they generally build in community upon the Acacia trees, resemble at a distance a thatched roof. In this common nest every female builds her proper cell where it hatches. Travellers counted very often 800 or 1000 of these cells in one nest.
