38 WILD LIFE IN NORTH CANARA. 



more like a bull than a bird. He lived 

 at least an hour, and roared all the way 

 home to the tents. 



The head of the toucan, including the 

 helmet and beak, must be nearly fif- 

 teen inches long, the rest of the bird 

 being rather longer than this ; the legs 

 are short, and only fitted for climbing 

 about the branches, to which the large 

 strong talons are also adapted. The 

 plumage is black and white, the beak 

 and helmet alone being of a beautiful 

 shaded orange. A gland on the back, 

 above the tail, supplies the pigment for 

 this colouring, which is applied by the 

 bird itself, its leisure moments seeming 

 to be all passed in rubbing the beak and 

 helmet on this gland, a process which 

 involves the adoption of a most uncom- 

 fortable-looking position. 



