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The Piperine Toucan (RamphastosPiperivorus). 

 Male and female. 



Aracari Toucan (Ramphastos Aracari). 

 Is a native of South America, remarkable for the 

 great size of its bill, as well as the beauty of colour. 



Yellow-breasted Toucan (Ramphastos Tucanus). 

 Inhabits South America : habits, similar to the last. 



In the same Case is the Brazilian Mot?not (Momo- 

 tus Brasiliensis). 



This beautiful and remarkable bird is about eighteen 

 inches long, though the body is not larger than that 

 of a thrush: it inhabits unfrequented forests, building 

 its nciit on the ground, or in holes abandoned b}?^ the 

 Armadillo, and lays two tggs^ feeds on insects, 

 which it macerates in water. 



Near the last is a variety of it from Mexico, with 

 the crown of the head roufous, and the feather of the 

 tail not bare as in the other. 



Above these is the Channel Bill, of New Holland, 

 (Scy throps Psittaceus) . The only one of that genus 

 known. 



ABYSSINIAN HORNBILL, 



(Buceros Ahyssinicus) . 



This Case contains fine specimens of the Male and 

 Female of this rare and very curious bird. They are 



