. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . it nests in holes high up the trunks of trees. We haveoften tried to get at the eggs, but could never succeed. Order This family consists of one genus and one species only whichhas the apjiearance of a Goatsucker. The osteological characters. STEATORNIS. 341 however^ separate it Avidelv from its apparent relatives. The billis strong and hawk-like, being sharply hooked at the tip, witha small gape, and laterally compressed. The rictal bristles welldeveloped. The wi
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . it nests in holes high up the trunks of trees. We haveoften tried to get at the eggs, but could never succeed. Order This family consists of one genus and one species only whichhas the apjiearance of a Goatsucker. The osteological characters. STEATORNIS. 341 however^ separate it Avidelv from its apparent relatives. The billis strong and hawk-like, being sharply hooked at the tip, witha small gape, and laterally compressed. The rictal bristles welldeveloped. The wings are long. The tail long and legs and feet are small, the toes rather long and naked, exceptfor a few hair-like bristles which are very sparseh distributed, andthe claws are sharply curved. The distribution is restricted tothe northern portion of South America. Genus STEATORNIS Humb. Steatornis Humboldt, Eecueil Observations de Zoologie et dAnatomieComparee, ii. p. 141, 1S17. Type S. caripensis Humb. The characters of this genus are the same as those given underthe Fiir. G4-.—To ii[\o\\ the form of the bill and the long rictal bristles.
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