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ALDROVANDINE TOUCAN. 



the belly appears either black or crimson : thighs 

 black: vent-feathers crimson; rump either crim- 

 son or orange-yellow: bill blackish olive-green, 

 with pale yellow base bounded by a black bar: 

 legs dusky. Native of Brasil and other parts of 

 South America. 



ALDROVANDINE TOUCAN. 



Ramphastos Aldrovandi. R. niger, pectore Jlavo, femoribus abdo- 



mine imo caudoeque apice riihris. 

 Black Toucan, with yellow breast, and red lower belly, thighs, 



and tail-tip. 



Ramphastos picatus. R. nigricans, pectore luteo, crisso rectri' 



cumque apicibus rubris, uropygio nigro, Lin, Syst, Nut. 

 Pica Brasiliensis. Aldrov, av, lib. 12. cap, ig, 

 Brasilian Pie of Aldrovandus. Will. orn. p. 128. pL 20. 

 The Brasilian Pie Toucan. Albin. pi. 25. 

 Le Toucan a ventre rouge. Buff', ois. 

 Preacher Toucan. Lath. sj/n. 



Total length about twenty inches; of which 

 the bill measures six, and is of a yellowish green 

 colour with a reddish tip : the general colour of 

 the bird is black, with a gloss of greyish green on 

 the wings: the breast yellow or orange-colour; the 

 thighs, lower part of the belly, vent^feathers, and 

 tip of the tail bright red. This species is a native 

 of Guiana and Brasil, and seems to have been first 

 distinctly described by Aldrovandus. It is said to 

 have a frequent habit of moving its head from 

 side to side, while uttering its notes, which re- 



