454 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA, 



ihe adult plumage, but the colour of the bill is obtained in the 

 second or third year. Its flesh is considered to be good for eating. 

 The " Macusis " call it Curauwui and the " Warraus " Haritya. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch gives the following note (Timehri (2) ii. 

 p. 355) : — The Toco bill-bird {jRampJiastos toco) having an in- 

 ordinately long and indescribably rich orange-coloured bill, Avith a 

 large ovoid black patch at the tip, occurs together with the common 

 red-billed sp(>cies (i?. erijtJirorlii/nchus) . They are, however, very 

 shy, and very difficult to obtain on Tiger Island. 



310. Ramphastus monilis. 

 Red-billed Toucan. 



Ramplasfos monilis P. L. S. Mull. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 82, 1776 



(Cavenne) ; Braboui'ne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 156, no. 1527, 



1912. 

 Hamphasfos erythrorhynchus Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 722, 



1848 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 64 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, Merume 



Mts., Roraima) ; Quelch, Timehri (2) ii. p. 365, 1888 (Abary River) ; 



Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 128, 1891 (Carimang River) ; 



Beebe, Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 174 (Hoorie Creek), p. 268 



(Aremu River), 1910. 



Adult female. Upper and under surface black ; upper tail- 

 coverts lemon-yellow intermixed with red; cheeks, throat, and 

 fore-neck white; under tail-coverts and a wide band across the 

 breast red. 



Total length 550 mm., culmen ] 79, from gape 162, wing 233, 

 tail 155, tarsus 53. 



Tiie female described was collected on the Mazaruni River. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female. Wing 237 mm. 



The description of the male is taken from an example in the 

 British Museum collected by Whitely on the Kamarang River, 

 November 27th, 1885. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. It builds its nest in holes in trees (Schomburgk) . 



Eggs. It lays two white eggs (^Schomhurgk) . 



Range in British Guiana. Mazaruni River, Cotinga River 

 (McCojiiiell collection) ; Mount Roraima, Merume Mountains, 

 Kamakusa, Kamarang River {Whitely) ; Abary River (Quelch) ; 

 Hoorie River, Aremu River {Beehe). 



E.ctrallmital Range. Cayenne (P. L. S. Midler), Venezuela, 

 North and Xorth-east Brazil. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 722) 



