SWAINSON'S TOUCAN 



green, its base outlined in black; its tip bright 

 red. A bright orange-red streak on the edge of 

 the upper mandible extends from base to tip. 

 Bare skin around eye green; feet bluish green. 



Common at Barro Colorado Island in the tall 

 forest. It has various grating or guttural calls 

 but the most characteristic is a loud and some- 

 what harsh one which may be represented by the 

 syllable quenk quenk quenk often repeated 

 interminably in a manner somewhat suggesting 

 the call of a guinea hen. 



2. Rhamphastos s wains onii Gould 

 Swainson's Toucan 



Sexes alike. Length, Male, 551 mm. (21.60 



in.); tail, 161 mm. (6.40 in.). Female, 517 mm. 

 (20.20 in.); tail, 155 mm. (6.10 in.). General 

 color of plumage black; upper tail coverts white; 

 sides of head and neck, throat, and foreneck 

 lemon yellow separated from the remaining 

 under parts by a narrow white line with a wider 

 red one immediately below it; under tail coverts 

 red. Bare skin around eye emerald green; lower 

 mandible of bill and an obliquely bordered area 

 on the base of the upper, dark reddish shading to 

 black ; rest of upper mandible lemon yellow shad- 

 ing to greenish yellow on middle part; legs and 

 feet light blue. 



Young. Similar to adults but bill less brightly 

 colored. 



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