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characters. Both M. Gmelin however and Dr. Latham modify * 

 these characters by stating that the yellow colour of the pectoral 

 fascia and of the tail coverts incline in some instances to red. 

 With this modification the characters of R. tucanus will suffici- 

 ently correspond with M. Brisson's figure, and with the figure in 

 the 307th No. of the " Planches Enluminees :" they also corres- 

 pond with Dr. Latham's description of the species, if we exclude 

 his reference to Mr. Edwards's bird in the 3<29th plate of his 

 work, which we have already seen belongs to the JR. carinaiusy 

 Swains. ' Both M. Brisson and Dr. Latham refer, it is to be ob- 

 served, to specimens of this bird ; the first to one preserved in 

 the Museum of M. Reaumur, the latter to specimens in the British 

 and Leverian Museums. 



From the descriptions then of so many naturalists, and on these 

 authorities, we may distinguish this Linnean species by the follow- 

 ing characters. The throat and upper breast are of an orange 

 colour, inclining to white on the sides. A narrow pectoral 

 band, of about five lines in breadth, according to M. Brisson, 

 together with the under tail coverts, are yellow inclining in some 

 instances to red ; while the upper tail coverts are universally 

 described as yellow. 



6. R. ERYTHKouHYNCHus. Gmcl. — This is the bird figured by 

 Mr. Edwards in his 238th plate, and which was originally in- 

 tended by Linnaeus to represent his species tucanus. It was 

 first named and characterized by M. Gmelin in his edition of the 

 *•' Systcma Naturae." It has also been described and figured by 

 M. Brisson [Vol. i. p. 416. pi. 31. f. 2.] and figured in the 262nd 

 plate of the " PI. Enluminees." The figures in Borowski's 

 " Naturgeschichte," [II. p. 97. L t. 6.], and in Petiver's " Gazo- 

 phylacium," [t. 44. f. 13.] which have been referred by Dr. Latham 

 to the preceding species R, tucanus, belong to this bird. 



The characteristick marks of this species which is by no means 

 uncommon in our cabinets, and an individual of which was some 

 short time since alive in this country, f may be stated to be as 

 follows. The throat and upper parts of the breast are of pure 



• Gmel. Syst. I. p. 355. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 136. 

 + See Zool. Journ. Vol. I. pp. 484, 586, 591. 



