Archive image from page 223 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 212 AVES. / ï\ Fig. -Sternum of these, however, not being the corresponding toes to those which are joined together in the King- fishers. [The sternal apparatus (fig. 99) is most nearly related to that of the Bee-eaters, but much shorter, with a lower medial ridge; the Jacamars thus holding the same analogy with those birds which the Todies do to the Kingfishers ; and like the Todies, they have also a considerably lengthened
Archive image from page 223 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 212 AVES. / ï\ Fig. -Sternum of these, however, not being the corresponding toes to those which are joined together in the King- fishers. [The sternal apparatus (fig. 99) is most nearly related to that of the Bee-eaters, but much shorter, with a lower medial ridge; the Jacamars thus holding the same analogy with those birds which the Todies do to the Kingfishers ; and like the Todies, they have also a considerably lengthened, exceed- ingly thin, lamina-like tongue, a small and rather muscular gizzard, short intestines, and similar great cœca : both genera are very slightly made, have exceedingly thin skins, and soft puflFy plumage (the character of the feathers being however diflFerent) ; the nostrils are a little removed from the base of the bill, and quite exposed ; the gape is furnished with vibrissse ; and they sul)sist by taking insects in the manner of a Flycatcher]. Their feathers have always a bi-illiaut metallic shine. They live solitarily in humid woods, and nestle on low branches, [or, more probably, as Le Vail- lant was informed, in the holes of trees, laying blue eggs]. The American species have a long- beak, which is quite straight [the diagnosis of the restricted jacamir. Galbidci.] These are much more numerous than the following. Others, from the Indian Archipelago, [a mistake of Le Vaillant, all the species inhabiting America, like the Todies,] have a shorter and more inflated beak, which is a little arched, and thus approximates that of the Bee- eaters. Their anterior toes are more separated. They constitute the Jacamerops of Le Vaillant, and that naturalist even figures one species devoid of the ridge to the upper mandible. Lastly, there is one in Brazil, which has only three toes. The Woodpeckers {Picus, Lin.)— Are well characterized by their long, straight, and angular bil
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