282 TOUCAN. 



reddish yellow quite to the end ; the upper reddish yellow for two- 

 thirds of the length, from thence to the end black ; from the base to 

 the middle transversely wrinkled ; round the eye a naked orange- 

 coloured skin ; eyelids blue; plumage on the head, hind part of the 

 neck, back, rump, wings and tail, breast and belly deep black ; 

 upper tail coverts white ; the under fine red ; throat and forepart of 

 the neck white, with a little mixture of yellow ; between this and 

 the black on the breast, an intermediate space of red ; wings short, 

 not reaching to one-third on the tail ; legs black. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — In young birds the sides of the bill are 

 transversely wrinkled the whole of the length. 



2— YELLOW-THROATED TOUCAN. 



Ramphastos dicolorus, Ind. Orn. i. 135. Lin. i. 152. Gin. Lin. i. 356. 



Tucana Cayanensis gutture luteo, Bris. iv. 411. pi. 31. 1. Id. Svo.ii. 157. 



Le Tucai, Voy. d'Azara. iii. No. 51. 



Toucan a Gorge jaune, Siif. vii. 118. PL enl. 269. 



Red-breasted Toucan, Shaw's Zoo/, viii. 365. 



Yellow-throated Toucan, Gen. Syn. i. 325. 



LENGTH seventeen inches. Bill three inches and a quarter 

 long, and one and a half thick at the base, broadest at the lower 

 mandible ; both of them curve downwards, and are black at the base, 

 the rest of the bill olive-green, inclining to yellow in some parts, the 

 edges red, serrated, but not deeply ; nostrils at the base, hid in the 

 feathers ; upper part of the head and body greenish black ; cheeks 

 and throat brimstone-colour ; forepart of the neck orange, surrounded 

 Avith brimstone ; breast, upper part of the belly, upper and under 

 tail coverts fine red; thighs greenish black ; bottom of the belly and 

 sides blackish ; quills and tail greenish black, the last even at the 

 end ; legs black. 



