RED-BILLED TOUCAN. SO? 



semble ill articulated words, and hence, in its 

 native regions, has obtained the popular name of 

 thePreacher. 



RED-BILLED TOUCAN. 



Ramphastos erythrorynchos. R, niger, collo antice albo, fascia 

 ^^pedorali crissoque ruhris, uropygiojlavo. 



Black Toucan, with the fore-part of the neck white, red pectoral 



bar and vent-feathers, and yellow rump. 

 Ramphastos ei^ythrorynchos. jR. nigricans, genis colloque subtus 



albis, fascia pectoris crissoque coccineis, uropygio sulphureo. 



Lath, ind. orn. 

 Toucan a gorge blanche. Buff, ois. 



Toucan a gorge blanche de Cayenne, appelle Tocan. P/., 

 Enl 262. 



Red-beaked Toucan. Edw, 238. Lath, syn. 



First correctly described by Edwards. This 

 bird, says he, is of the bigness of a common-sized 

 tame pigeon, and shaped like a Jackdaw; the bill 

 is very large in proportion to the body ; the head 

 is also large in order to support it : the bill, from 

 the angles of the mouth to its point, is in length 

 six inches and a half ; its height or width, in the 

 thickest part, is a little more than two inches : its 

 thickness near the head is one inch and a quarter: 

 it is arched or rounded along the top of the upper 

 mandible j the under side is also round : the upper 

 mandible round its base, or joining to the head, 

 and at its upper part quite to its point, is of a 

 bright yellow-colour : its sides are of a fine red or 



