Archive image from page 228 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 SCANSORES. 217 by a sharp vertical crest [like that of several of the smaller Hornbills]. They are birds of tlie hot and humid climates of America, with stout and elevated tarsi, a long and rounded tail [composed of only eight feathers], and black plumage. They subsist on insects and grain, fly in flocks, and several pairs lay and incubate in the same nest, which is placed on the branches of trees, and is built of a size proporti
Archive image from page 228 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 SCANSORES. 217 by a sharp vertical crest [like that of several of the smaller Hornbills]. They are birds of tlie hot and humid climates of America, with stout and elevated tarsi, a long and rounded tail [composed of only eight feathers], and black plumage. They subsist on insects and grain, fly in flocks, and several pairs lay and incubate in the same nest, which is placed on the branches of trees, and is built of a size proportionate to the number of couples which hel}) to construct it. They are easily tamed, and even taught to speak ; but their flesh is rank and disagreeable. [The similarity of the colour and size of these birds to the QuUcali and Scolepfiatji, (p. 202), which inhabit the same countries, has occasioned much confusion in their history. It is the latter, and not the Ani, which are granivorous ; and which also are easily tamed and taug:ht to speak, the Ani having no accessory vocal muscles, and consequently only uttering a particular screech. The name Crotophaga implies that they feed on the insect parasites of cattle, like the common Starling ; which is not true of the Ani, though it applies to the birds with which they have been confounded. The Ani strictly appertain to the Cuckoo ffroup, and are remarkable for possessing eyelashes like the Coucals and Hornbills : though inhabitants of the hottest regions of America, they are remarkably solicitous for warmth, and soon perish of the least chill ; hence their singular sociality even while brooding on their eggs, which are of a dark green colour. Several species are now known, and they appear to subsist exclusively on insects.] The Toucans {Rhamphastos, Lin.)— Are at once recognized by the enormous size of the bill, which is nearly as large and as long as the body itself, but internally very light and cellular, [or rather permeated by
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