TOUCAN. 291 



with a white arch at the root ; the lower one black ; the head, wings, 

 and tail black ; breast and belly yellow and crimson, with a black 

 roundish mark near the middle of the breast, and a transverse one on 

 the beginning of the belly ; the rump crimson ; thighs rufous. 



That such varieties do occur is certain, as I have seen some 

 without the red band on the breast, and the bill of the others plain 

 dusky. 



In two of these, sent over as of opposite sexes, the difference was 

 merely in the one being brown where the other was black ; the yellow 

 in the several parts of a deeper hue, and the feathers at the base of 

 the thighs edged with reddish colour ; which of the two was the male 

 not noticed. 



12 — PIPEMNE TOUCAN. 



Ramphastos piperivorus, Lid. Orn. i. 138. Lin. i. 150. Gm. Lin. i. 353. Bor.Nat.u. 



92. 2. 

 Tucana Cayanensis torquata, Bris. iv. 429. t. 32. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 163. 

 Koulik, Buf.Vn. 128. 



Toucan a Collier, PI. enl. 577. Male. — Toucan a ventre gris, 729.— rFernale. 

 Aracari, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxxv. 

 Green Toucan, Edw. pi. 330.— Male. 

 Piperine Toucan, Gen. Syn. i. 334. Id. Sup. p. 67. Shaw's Zool. viii. 372. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill two inches and three quarters 

 long, and near one inch thick at the base, the edges much serrated ; 

 the base is red, the rest black to the end ; the red on the under 

 mandible reaching halfway ; orbits naked, flesh-coloured, or bluish ; 

 the head, neck, breast, and middle of the belly are black, with a 

 steely gloss ; on each side of the head, near the ear, is a golden yellow 

 spot ; at the lower part of the neck behind, an orange crescent ; the 

 back, rump, upper tail coverts, and the lower part of the belly olive- 

 green ; thighs the same, mixed with chestnut ; under tail coverts 



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