TOUCAN. 283 



Inhabits various parts of South America ; met with in Paraguay, 

 where the skins of the throat are sewed together to form ornaments, 

 by the natives. These parts are also in requisition by the Europeans, 

 for making muffs. 



3 —YELLOW-BREASTED TOUCAN. 



Ramphastos Tucanus, Ind. Orn. i. 136. Lin. i. 151. Gm. Lin. i. 355. Bor. Nat. ii. 



97. t. 6. 

 Tucana Brasiliensis gutture luteo, Bris.iv. 419. t. 32. 1. Id. Svo.ii. 160. Gerin. t. 203. 

 Toucan Surinam, niger ex albo, flavo, rubro mixtus, Petiv. Guz. t. 44. 13. 

 Toucan a gorge jaune du Bresil, Biif. vii. 119. PI. enl, 307. 

 Red-breasted Toucan, Shaw's Zool. viii. 365. 

 Yellow-breasted Toucan, Gen. Syn. i. 326. Edw. pJ. 329. Shave's Zool. viii. 362. 



LENGTH nineteen inches. Bill four inches and a half, black, 

 with a grey base. It differs from the last, as the cheeks, throat, and 

 neck before are orange ; on the breast a crimson band ; the under 

 tail coverts crimson, the upper brimstone ; legs and claws lead-colour. 



Mr. Edwards described his bird from one living at Lord Spencer's, 

 but in that the bill differed, for the upper mandible was green, with 

 three long, triangular, orange spots on each side ; the upper ridge 

 yellow, the under blue, shaded with green in the middle, the ends 

 of both red ; upper tail coverts white. 



One in possession of Mr. Mac Leay, from Berbice, had the chin 

 and throat white ; a crimson band across the breast, and the vent 

 crimson ; but the rump was sulphur-coloured. The name given to 

 this was Boeradi. 



In the same collection another, in which the chin and throat were 

 yellow ; the middle of the latter fine orange ; under the eye white ; 

 round the eye bare ; the bar on the breast, rump, and vent all crimson ; 

 tail seven inches, somewhat round at the end ; the wings reach one- 

 fourth beyond the rump. 



This bird had the name of Siroe attached to it. 



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