. A general synopsis of birds . Var. A. Spotted B. Brown B. TH E bill in this genus is broad, with a keel along the mid-dle, like a boat fmall, lodged in a furrow*Tongue divided. >. CHESTED B. DESCR JP-ION. Pl. LXXVI. Cancroma cochlearia, Lin. Syji. i. p. 233. N I>La Cuilliere, Brif. Orn. v. p. 506. Le Savacou, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 443. pl. 23.—PI. Enl. , Brown, lllujlr. p. 92. pl. CIZE of a fowl: length twenty-two inches. The bill is fou-rinches long, and of a fingular form, not unlike a boat withthe keel uppermoft, or, as fome
. A general synopsis of birds . Var. A. Spotted B. Brown B. TH E bill in this genus is broad, with a keel along the mid-dle, like a boat fmall, lodged in a furrow*Tongue divided. >. CHESTED B. DESCR JP-ION. Pl. LXXVI. Cancroma cochlearia, Lin. Syji. i. p. 233. N I>La Cuilliere, Brif. Orn. v. p. 506. Le Savacou, Buf. Oif. vii. p. 443. pl. 23.—PI. Enl. , Brown, lllujlr. p. 92. pl. CIZE of a fowl: length twenty-two inches. The bill is fou-rinches long, and of a fingular form, not unlike a boat withthe keel uppermoft, or, as fome think, like the bowls of twofpoons, placed with the hollow parts together j the upper mandi-ble has a prominent ridge at the top, and on each fide of this along channel, at the bottom of which the noftrils are placed.!thefe are oval, and fituated obliquely ; the general colour of thebill is dufky, or in fome fpecimens dark brown; the £kin be-tween the under jaw capable of diftenfion : from the hind head7 fprings %e^eJM^a/M. BOAT-BILL, 27 fprings a long black creft, the feathers which compofe it narrow,and end in a point; the middle ones are fix inches in length, theothers lefTen by degrees, the outer ones being not more than oneinch: between the bill and eye the fkin is bare and dufky ■, theplumage on the forehead white; the reft of the bird of a paleblueifh afh-colour: acrofs the lower part of the neck behind is atranfverfe band of brownifh black, which pafles forwards on eachfide towards the breaft, ending in a point, but does not encompafsit: the fore part of the neck, and under parts, are blueifh white,except the belly and thighs, which are rufous : the featherswhich hang over the breaft are loofe, like thofe of the Heron: thetail is three inches and a half long, and the wings, when clofed,reach nearly to the end of it : the leg is three inches inlength; and the thigh, from its infertion to the knee, four; themiddle toe two inches and a half; the bare part
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