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Genus VI. T. O U C A N. 

 i6. Smooth-billed T. 



Piperine Toucan, G«/. iSvs. i. p. 334. N" II. H' 



^ > -^ i- ^:*i- PIPERINE T. 



A Variety of the female of this fpecies has lately come under Female. 

 my infpeflion. The bill horn-colour, with a bar of black - 

 near the end, and two others near the edge ; the ridge is alfo 

 black : the head, neck, and under parts of the body, of a fine 

 deep cinnamon-colour: on the ear a fpot of yellow, and between 

 the legs the fame colour : the back, wings, and tail, green j the 

 lafi: rounded, and tipped with brown': vent crimfon. The yellow 

 crefcent at the back of the neck wholly wanting. 



I met with this bird in the colledtion of Sir Jofeph Banks, who Placb. 



informed me that it came from Rio Janeiro. 



^^^- ^^"J'- SMOOTH-EIL- 



T FD T* 



SIZE of the GreenToucan: length twelve inches. Bill an inch ^ 

 O ESC R.I PTIOX* 



and three quarters long, and one thick at the bafe ; the upper 

 mandible yellowifh brown, the lower black ; the edges not fer- 

 rated, but perfeftly fmooth ; noftrils not covered with feathers : ' 



eyes placed in a bare fkin : the head and neck are chefnut, the 

 top of the head darkeft: upper parts of the body dark green j 

 rump crimfon : lower part of the neck, the breaft, and belly, of a 

 pale greenilh yellow : thighs green ; infide of the thighs dulky : 

 legs brown. 



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