$%% TOUCAN, 



that of the under one purple, and the. fides of both fcarlet 5 the 

 head black, except two white fpots near the upper mandibles 

 the whole plumage befides black, except the breaft, which is 

 white, and a crefcent of red on the breaft. I am inclined to 

 think this defcription of the bill to be juft, as it is probable he 

 may have feen it alive. 



5. Le Toucan a gorge blanche de Cayenne, -Br if. am. iv. p. 416. N° 4. pi. 41. 



RED-BEAKED f. 2 , 



T. 



Red-beaked Toucan, Ediv. glean, pi. 238. 





Description. CIZE of the laft : the. bill fomewhat fhorter : the bafe of both 

 mandibles yellow; the top of the upper one the fame 5 the 

 whole of the under, and the lower part of the upper one is red .s 

 at a little diftance from the bafe is a tranfverfe mark of black, di- 

 viding the red from the yellow on the bill ; and round the bill at 

 the bafe is a black lift, in which the noftrils are placed : round 

 the eyes is. a blueifh fpace; and between the bill and eye is a 

 white fpot : the cheeks, fore part of the neck, and throat, are 

 white: on the breaft is a crefcent of crimfon: the upper tail co- 

 verts are brimftone, and the under, crimfon : legs lead-colour: 

 claws black. 



Place, and Thefe four laft fpecies inhabit Cayenne, Guiana, or Braftl; and 



whoever reads Buffon's opinion will join him in the great proba- 

 bility of their being the fame fpecies; and moft likely that the 

 two with the yellow breafts may prove to be males, and thofe with 

 the white, females : the difference in fize, and trifling variety of 

 colours, may moft likely have arifen from age, or other circum- 

 ftances, which often proves the occafion not only of thefe, but 



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