. The American sportsman: . ing, aresometimes of a pale ash color; the legs and feet of the same pur-plish carmine as the bill; iris dark hazel; the tail is rounded, andconsists of sixteen feathers; that and the wings when shut nearlyof a length. Wilson remarks that the bill of this bird is singularly curious:the edges of the upper and lower gibbosities have each twenty-three indentations or strong teeth on each side; the inside orconcavity of the upper mandible has also seven lateral rows ofstrong projecting teeth; and the tongue, which is horny at theextremity, is armed on each side with thi
. The American sportsman: . ing, aresometimes of a pale ash color; the legs and feet of the same pur-plish carmine as the bill; iris dark hazel; the tail is rounded, andconsists of sixteen feathers; that and the wings when shut nearlyof a length. Wilson remarks that the bill of this bird is singularly curious:the edges of the upper and lower gibbosities have each twenty-three indentations or strong teeth on each side; the inside orconcavity of the upper mandible has also seven lateral rows ofstrong projecting teeth; and the tongue, which is horny at theextremity, is armed on each side with thirteen long and sharp bonyteeth, placed like those of a saw, with their points directed back-wards; the tongue turned up, and viewed on its lower side, looksvery much like a human finger with its nail. This conformationof the mandibles, exposing two rows of strong teeth, has probablygiven rise to the epithet laughing, bestowed on one of its varie-ties, though it might with as much propriety have been named thegrinning
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