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Top of the head, back of neck and the whole 

 of the upper surface, excepting upper tail coverts, 

 glossy black. Part of flanks under the wings, tarsal 

 plumes, and a band across the abdomen, also black. 

 Tail black. Lower surface, upper and under tail 

 coverts, vermilliou. A patch including throat, cheeks 

 and breast, lemon yellow, deepening into an orange- 

 yellow patch on the lower portion of this light area 

 {i.e. across the pectoral region and lower throat). 

 Naked skin round eye, orange. Eyes, blue. Bill, 

 green, with a black band at base. Total length about 

 i8 inches. Bill, 3*5 inches ; wing, 7'5 inches ; tail, six 

 inches ; tarsus, 2 inches. H. Goodchii^d, M.B.O.U. 



ZToucans. 



{RhamphastidcB). 

 By WESr,EY T. Page, F.Z.S. 



The majority of bird lovers are only acquainted 

 with these interesting and beautiful birds by stufied 

 specimens (very much of the beauteous colouring 

 of the beak fades after death) in museums, and stray 

 specimens in Zoological Gardens. Though, as Mr. 

 Townsend says, in his account of the Green-billed 

 Toucan in this issue. " they are not drawing-room 

 pets," yet they improve upon acquaintance, and in a 

 bird room are really interesting and chummy fellows. 



Mr. Walter Goodfellow so delightfully describes 

 his experience with these birds in their native wilds, 

 in his " Naturalist's Notes in Ecuador " {Avic. Mag., 

 Vol. VI.), that I cannot refrain from quoting part of 

 them here. 



" As the sun rose, multitudes of beautiful birds came forth irom every 

 " tree and bush, and were shaking- the dew from their feathers and drying 



