THE 



RED-BEAKED TOUCAN. 



Generic Character, 



BUI exceflively large, convex, bending towards 



the tip, light, hollow, ferrated. 

 T ongue long, narrow, feathered on the edges. 

 Feet formed for climbing. 



Specific Character, 



GREENISH-BLACK TOUCAN, with cheeks 

 and lower part of the neck white, ped:oral 

 band and vent crimfon, the upper tail« 

 coverts yellow. 



RED-BEAKED TOUCAN. 



Latl>. Syn. i. p. 328. 



Le toucan a gorge blanche de Cayenne. 



Brijf. orn. 4. p, 416. n 4. pi. 31. f. 2. 



The feemingiy monftrous and difproportionate 

 lize of the beak in the birds of this genus is fuch 

 as to excite our wonder at fo incongruous an ap- 

 pearance. We are to confider, however, that the 

 B 2 fubftance 



