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edged with a reddifh colour. Which of the two was the finale, 

 was not noticed, therefore not to be determined. 



11# Ramphaftos piperivorus, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 150. N° 2. 



PIPERINE Le Toucan a collier de Cayenne, Brif. em. iv. p. 429. N° io. t. 32. f. 2, 



. • Le Koulik, Buf. oif. vii. p. 128. 



Toucan a collier de Cayenne, PL enl. 577. the male. 

 Toucan a ventre gris de Cayenne, PL enl. 729. the female. 

 Green Toucan, Edi». pi. 330. the male. 



Lev. Muf. 



Description. 'HpHIS fpecies is a trifle bigger than the laft, and meafures in 

 * length thirteen inches. The bill is above two inches and 

 three quarters in length, and near one inch thick at the bafe; the 

 edges much ferrated ; it is red at the bafe, and the reft black to 

 the end •, the red on the under mandible reaching halfway : the 

 orbits of the eyes are flefh-coloured, or blueifh : the head and 

 neck, breaft, and middle of the belly, are black, with a fteely 

 glofs : on each fide of the head, near the ear, is a fpot of golden 

 yellow : on the lower part of the neck, behind, an orange cref- 

 cent: the back, rump, upper tail coverts, and lower part of the 

 belly, olive green : thighs the fame, mixed with cheftnut : under 

 tail coverts crimfon : quills brown, with greenifh edges : the tail 

 cuneiform, green above, and brown beneath ; the tip of each 

 feather cheftnut : legs lead-colour : claws black. 

 Female. The female differs from the male, in that the hind part of the 



neck is brown, which is black in the male : the whole of the un- 

 der parts grey, from the chin to the vent : the collar at the 

 back part of the neck is very pale ; but in other things it refem- 

 bles the male. 3 



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