244 STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



The toucan is about the size of a common pigeon ; it is 

 wholly black, with these exceptions only ; there are two 

 white spots on the fore part of the eiown of the head ; the 

 throat and upper part of the breast are white, and there is a 

 red mark in the form of a crescent between the white feathers 

 of the breast and the black feathers of the belly ; its beak is 

 very large and red, six inches long; it has a long thin tongue, 

 and its nostrils are behind the jaws. 



The picus, or woodpecker, is about the size of the Euro- 

 pean woodpecker ; it is covered with black and white feathers, 

 excepting those of the crown of the head, and of the belly, 

 which are red ; its bill is straight, and its tongue long, round, 

 and sharp. 



The pelican, or spoon-hill, is covered with red feathers, 

 excepting the head, which is bald, and of a white colour ; 

 its bill is straight, flat, and broad ; it is about six inches long, 

 toothless, and crooked at the point, which is rounded and 

 broader than the rest ; the upper mandible has a nail at the 

 end, and a spoon-like cavity ; it is transparent and is of a 

 whitish brown colour ; the lower mandible is more opaque 

 than the upper, but of the same, colour. 



The peacock pheasant, or, as it is called by natives, powese, 

 is rather smaller than an English turkey ; the whole body, 



