456 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIAXA. 



and under tail-coverts crimson ; abdomen and under wing-coverts 

 dull black. 



Total lenoth 480 mm., culmen 13G, from gape 125, wing 197, 

 tail 154, tarsus 50. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the description is taken from a specimen in the collection at the 

 British Museum. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Nest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



J^^ggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Unrecorded. 



Kxtralimital Range. Cayenne, North Brazil. 



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

 the mode of life and distribution are the same as those of R. vitel- 

 linus, see below. 



We have Schoinburgk's authority only for the occurrence of 

 this species iu British Guiana. 



312. Ramphastus vitellinus. 



Sulphur-axd-AVhite-breasted TorcAX. 



JRampTiastos vitellinus Licht. Yerz. Doubl. p. 70, 1823 (Cayenne); 

 Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Guian. iii. p. 722, 1848 ; Brown, Canoe and 

 Camp Life, p. 291, 1876 (Cotinga Eiver) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 65 

 (Camacusa, Bartica Grove) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 1.32, 

 1891; Beebe, Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 174, 1910 (Hoorie 

 Creek) ; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 157, no. 1535, 1912. 



"Toucans'' or " Bill-Birds " {Broxcn). 



Adult female. Geneial colour above and below black ; upper 

 and under tail-coverts red, as is also a broad band across the 

 breast; cheeks, sides of neck, and upper throat white, a narrow 

 band of lemon-yellow across the ujiper breast dividing the red 

 from the orange on the fore-neck. 



Total length 520 mm., culmen 133, from gape 126, wing 197, 

 tail 165, tarsus 48. 



The female from which the description is taken was collected 

 on the Berbice Biver. 



Adidt male. Similar in the colour of the plumage to that of the 

 adult female. Wing 208 mm. 



The male described is in the British Museum and was collectexi 

 by Whitely on the Kamarang Biver in November 1885 — Salvin- 

 Godman collectio-n. 



