COLLARED TOUCAN. 369 



a native of South America, and particularly of 

 Brasil and Guiana. 



COLLARED TOUCAN. 



Eamphastos torquatus. R, supra niger, collo suhtus albido, ah- 

 domine viridi postice rubro, torque rubro. Lath, ind. orn. 



Black Toucan, with the neck whitish beneath, green abdomen, 

 red at the lower part, and red collar behind the neck. 



Cochitenacatl. Fern, Hist. Nov, Hisp. p. 46. 



Le Cochicat. Buff.ois. 



Collared Toucan. Lath, syn. 



Described by Brisson and Buffon : total length 

 eighteen inches ; of the bill seven : upper man- 

 dible vy^hitish ; lower black : general colour of the 

 bird black, with the back of the neck crossed by a 

 red collar or bar: fore-part of the neck whitish, 

 spotted with red, and streaked with black : belly 

 green; vent-feathers red: thighs purple, and legs 

 greenish. Native of those parts of Mexico which 

 border on the sea, and supposed to feed on fish. 



