3 3» T O U C A N. 



quarter in thicknefs at the bafe, and three inches and a third in 

 length (that of the female only two inches and three quarters) : 

 the edges of the mandibles are ferratedj the ferrated parts 

 white ; the upper mandible is yellow at top, and red at the 

 fides j between thefe two colours is. a line of black: the lower 

 mandible is black j at the bafe red, with a tinge of red about the 

 noftrils i orbits naked, and yellow : irides yellow : the head, 

 throat, and fore part of the neck, are of a fine black: hind pare 

 of the neck, back, fcapulars, upper wing and tail coverts, and 

 thighs, are dull green: rump bright red: the lower part of the 

 neck before, and the reft, of the under parts, pale yellow : quills 

 blackifh, with the outer edges dull green : tail the fame above,, 

 green afh beneath, and cuneated ;. the two middle feathers longer 

 than the outer ones by two inches and a quarter : legs lead-co- 

 lour : claws black. 



Female. The female differs from the male, in having the head, throat, 



and fore part of the neck, fine cheftnut; which are, in the male, 

 black : this colour is feparated from the fulphur-colour by a fmall- 

 tranfverfe black band: otherwife like the male. 



Plage. Inhabits Cayenne. 



to. Ramphaftos aracari, Lin. Syji. i. p. 151. N° 3. 



ARACARI L e Toucan verd du Brefil, Brif. orn. iv. p. 426. N°. 9. pi. 33. f. 2, 



T - PlQenli 166. 



he Grigri, Buf. oif. vii. p. 126. 



Aracari, Raii Syn. p. 44, N° z.—Will: orn. p. 140. pi. 22. 



Lev. Mu/i 



Description. /-pHE length of this fpecies is fixteen inches- eight lines. The 



■*■ bill is near four inches and a quarter long, and fixteen lines 



thick at the bafe ;. hooked at the tip ; the upper mandible white, 



2 marked; 



