6r4 BIRDS. PIES. Toucan. 



peckers, laying ufually two eggs each brood ; it is very noify, and eafily tamed. Toucan is the Bra- 

 fdian name; the Latin name, which was given to the genus by Linnaeus, is derived from the form of 

 its bill. - 



547 s. Green Toucan. — i. Ramphajlos 'viridis. i. 



Is green, with a yellow belly, and red- rump. 



R. viridis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 138. n. 9. — Tucana cayennenfis viridis. Brill*, av. iv. 123. n. 8. 

 t. 33. f. 2. — Toucan verd de Cayenne. Buff. oif. vii. 127. PI. enl. n. 727. 728. — Yellow-breafted 

 Toucan. Edw. t. 329.— Green Toucan. Lath. fyn. i. 331. n. 9. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — Is fourteen inches long : The under mandible is black, its bafe and near the 

 noftrils being red ; the upper mandible is yellow, with red fides, and having a black line along the 

 .ridge ; the teeth in both are white ; the naked orbits and the hides are yellow ; the tail is wedge- 

 like, its under furface having a yellowifh tinge ; the legs and feet are lead coloured, with black 

 claws : In the male the head, chin, and throat are black ; in the female thefe parts are chefnut, di- 

 vided from the green colour below by a narrow black tranfverfe bar. 



548 fi. Toothlefs Green Toucan. — R. viridis edentulus. 



The bill is not ferrated at the edges. 



R. glaber. Lath ind. orri. i. 138. n. 10. — Smooth-billed Toucan. Lath. fyn. fup. 67. 



Inhabits with the former, and is nearly of the fame fize, meafuring twelve inches long. — It is placed 

 as a diftinct fpecies by Mr Latham, but with a doubt that it may only be a variety : It is of a green 

 colour, the under parts being greeniih yellow ; the head and neck are chefnut ; the rump is red ; 

 the bill is brown on the upper, and black on the under mandible ; the thighs are green. 



549 2. Pavonine Toucan. — 2. Ramphajlos pavoninus. 9. 



Is green, interfperfed with fome red fpots. 



R. pavoninus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 137. n. 8. — Tucana mexicana viridis. Briff. av. iv. 423. n. 7. — 

 Xochitenacatl. Fern. nov. hifp. 51. c. 187. — Hochicat. Buff. oif. vii. 125. — Pavonine Toucan. 

 Lath. fyn. i. 331. n. 8. 



Inhabits New-fpain and Mexico. — This fpecies lives near the fea-coaft, and feeds on fifh ; it re- 

 fembles the Parrot a good deal in the general appearance of the body, and is about feventeen inches 

 long: The bill is four inches long, and variegated with black and yellow; the legs are fhort, and with 

 the feet are black. Briffon, Gmelin, and Latham all add that this bird is interfperfed with peafowl 

 coloured, color pavoninus, and red fpots ; while Fernandez, who is the only author who has feen it, 

 as quoted in Buffon's Natural Hifcory of birds, mentions only the fcattered red fpots. 



jjo 3. Pipeline Toucan. — 3. Ramphajlos piperivorus. 2. 



The head, neck, and breaft:, are black, having a narrow yellow half collar on the nape; 

 the back, rump, and belly, are green ; the tail is green, tipt with red. 



R. piperivorus. Lath: ind. orn. j. 138. n. J2. — Tucana cayennenfis torquata. BrifT. av. iv. 429. 



