474 Mr. Vigors's Sketches in Ornithology/, 



nhite ; this is margined by a scarlet fascia on the lower part. 

 The under tail eoverts are scarlet, and the upper sulphur yellow. 

 The bill is long, marked at the base by the usual narrow black 

 margin ; then by a broad yellow fascia^ and on the culmen by a 

 broad longitudinal yellow streak which extends the whole length 

 and includes the apex : the rest of the bill is fine red, partially 

 clouded with black, and verging to that colour towards the yellow 

 fasciay thus forming a second transverse band of black adjoining 

 and parallel to the yellow baud. The base of the under mandible, 

 according to Mr. Edwards, inclines to purplish and the apex to 

 black. M. Brisson says that the eyes are black, and the naked 

 skin around them caerulescent. He appears to have drawn his 

 description from a living bird in the collection of M. Reaumur, 

 as he speaks of its omnivorous habits. 



7. R. TOCARD. Vieill. — This species has been figured by M. 

 Le Vaillant in his 9th plate, and given the above name by M. 

 Vieillot in the '' Dictionaire d'Histoire Naturelle." The throat 

 and upper parts of the breast are white, and the usual pectoral 

 band and upper and lower tail coverts scarlet. The bill is black 

 with a yellow longitudinal band running diagonally across the 

 upper mandible from the base above to the lower edge which it 

 meets about the distance of one third part from the apex, I 

 have just observed a bird in Mr. Leadbeater's valuable collection, 

 which exactly accords with this description, with the exception of 

 the upper tail coverts being yellow.* 



8. R. piscivoRus. Linn. — The existence of this species chiefly 

 rests on the authority of Mr. Edwards, who figure(l it in his 64th 

 plate, from a living specimen. From his figure and description 

 Linnaius seems to have named and characterized the species. 

 M. Brisson has also described the bird, but it is doubtful whether 

 from a specimen, or from Mr. Edwards's description. In this in- 

 stance he does not refer to any specimen, which is usually his 



* Mr. Leadbeater informs me that this bird, which appears to have been 

 set up a length of time ago, is defective in the plumage of the back ; and 

 that feathers have been added to supply the deficiency. It is probable that the 

 yellow feathers of the uropygium have also been added from another species, 

 perhaps from R, erythrorhynchus. 



