. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . e size and peculiar shape of theirbills, which vary in length from about nine inches in the longerto about two inches in the smaller ones. The wings are fairly tail in some is short and square, while in others it is long andgraduate. The legs are short, and the feet are zygodactyle—havingtwo toes in front and two behind. The family consists of five genera and about sixty species, all ofwhich are confined to Central and South America—from Mexicoto Argentina. Four genera and nine species are re
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . e size and peculiar shape of theirbills, which vary in length from about nine inches in the longerto about two inches in the smaller ones. The wings are fairly tail in some is short and square, while in others it is long andgraduate. The legs are short, and the feet are zygodactyle—havingtwo toes in front and two behind. The family consists of five genera and about sixty species, all ofwhich are confined to Central and South America—from Mexicoto Argentina. Four genera and nine species are represented inBritish Guiana. The Toucans, like the Woodpeckers, usually nestin hollow trees. Genus RAMPHASTUS Linn. RamphaHtos Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. i. p. 103, 1758. Type R. pipri-vorits ( The members of this genus are distinguished by their larger size,large bills, black plumage, short, square, or slightly roundedtiiils, and by having the nostrils placed at the back of tlic first and second primaries are incised. 2ti 2 •452 i;ll;l>S (iF ( JRamplumtus ;. 92.—To show the fxjsition of the nostrils Cx).
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