toucav. 285 



5 —RED-BILLED TOUCAN. 



Ramph. erythrorynchos, Ikd. O'rn.i. 136. Gm.Lin.i. 355. 

 Tucanus Cayanensis gutture albo, Bris. iv. 416. pi. 31,2. 7d.8vo.ii. 159. 

 Toucan a gorge blanche, Tocan, PI. enl. 262. Buf. vii. 121. 

 Grosser Toucan, Wirsing Vog. t. 42. 



Red-beaked Toucan, Gen. Si/n.i. 328. Edw. pi. 238. Shaw's Zool. viii. 367. pi. 47. 

 Nat. Misc. pi. 183. 



SIZE of the last, but the bill rather shorter, the base yellow ; 

 top of the upper mandible the same, but the whole of the under, 

 and the lower part of the upper one are red ; near the base a trans- 

 verse black mark, dividing the red from the yellow ; on the bill and 

 round it at the base, is a black list, in which the nostrils are ; the 

 eyes placed in a naked bluish skin ; and between the bill and eye a 

 white spot ; the cheeks, forepart of the neck, and throat, white ; on 

 the breast a crescent of crimson ; upper tail coverts brimstone-colour, 

 the under crimson ; legs lead-colour. 



These four last birds inhabit Cayenne, Guiana, or Brazil, and 

 not unlikely may be either varieties of the same species, or in differ- 

 ent stages of growth ; and if so, most probably the two with yellow 

 breasts may be males, and those with white females. 



