292 TOUCAN. 



crimson ; quills brown, with greenish edges ; the tail cuneiform, 

 green above, and brown beneath ; the feathers tipped with chestnut ; 

 legs lead-colour. 



The female differs in having the hind part of the neck brown, 

 which in the male is black ; the whole of the under parts grey, from 

 the chin to the vent ; the collar at the back part of the neck is very 

 pale ; but in other things resembling the male. 



Inhabits Cayenne, called Koulik, from its cry, said to feed on 

 pepper; hence, Linnaeus named it the Pepper-eater. 



13— JANEIRO TOUCAN— Pl. XXX. 



Pipevine Toucan, Gen. Si/n. Sup. p. G7. 



THE bill in this bird is horn-colour, with a black bar across both 

 mandibles near the end ; the ridge of the upper for nearly the whole 

 length from the base black, and two bars of the same from the edge, 

 not far from the base ; round the eye bare and greyish ; the head, 

 neck, and under parts of the body fine deep cinnamon colour; on the 

 ear a yellow spot ; between the legs the same ; vent crimson ; back, 

 wings, and tail green ; the last rounded, pretty long, and tipped with 

 brown ; the quills scarcely reach to the base; legs dusky. 



Inhabits South America : met with at Rio Janeiro. — Sir Joseph 



Banks. It seems to coincide in some points with the female of the 



Piperine Species. 



