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RAMPHASTID^. 



Toucans are all natives of the hotter regions of 

 South America : they are remarkable for the great 

 size of their beaks : their plumage is usually black, 

 with brilliant colours on the throat, breast, and rump. 



Sp. 1. Ra. toco. Shav3y v. viii. p. SGI./)/. 46. 



Sp. 2. Ra. carinatus. Swain. Zool. Illust. v. i. p, 45. — Ra. Tu- 

 canus. Shatv, v. viii. p. 362. 



Sp. 3. Ra. Tucanus. 



Rh. nigricans fascid ahdominali ; crisso uropygioque flams. 

 Dusky Toucan with an abdominal band; the vent and rump 

 yellow. 



Ramphastos Tucanus. Litm. Syst. Nat.i.p. 151. 



Beak yellowish, with a black band towards the 

 base : neck beneath and cheeks white. 



Sp. 4. Ra. vitellinus. Illiger. Svoain. Zool. Illiist. u. i. pi. 56. 



Rh. niger gulajlavo aurantia; lateribus aurihusque alhis } Jhsciu 

 pectorali tegminibusque ruh'is} rostra nigro fascid basali cce- 

 rulea ; culmine subcurvato convexo ; lateribus incrassatis. 



Black Toucan with the throat golden-yellow ; the sides and ears 

 white J a pectoral band and the wing-coverts red j the beak 

 black with a blue bar at the base ; the culmen somewhat curved 

 and convex ; the edges thickened. 



Ramphastos maximus. Cuvier? — Le grand Toucan a ventre rouge. 

 Le Vaill. Touc.pl. 6.varP 



This species differs from the last, not only in 

 colour but in the form of the beak, which is less 

 curved than in that species, has the top convex and 

 obscure pink, not flat and blue ; the belt at the base 

 is always vivid blue : it varies a trifle in colour, 

 some specimens having the throat nearly white, and 

 the upper tail-coverts sulphureous j others the head 



