372 PIPERINE TOUCAN. 



a moderately broad red bar : rump of the same 

 colour : tail lengthened and considerably cune- 

 ated: legs and feet greenish. This species is 

 known to vary, in having the wings and tail black, 

 a black roundish spot on the breast, and a slight 

 bar of the same colour on the abdomen. In the 

 female the head and neck are brown instead of 

 black. Native of South America, particularly of 

 Brasil and Surinam. 



PIPEKINE TOUCAlSr. 



Ramphastos piperivorus. R. oUvaceus, capite collo peetoregue 

 nigris, macula postoculari lunulaque cervicali fulvis, cauda 

 cuneata. 



Olivaceous Toucan, with black head, neck, and breast, orange 

 ear-spot and nuchal crescent, and cuneated tail. 



Ramphastos piperivorus. H. viridis antice niger, crisso femori- 

 busque rubris, Lin, Syst. Nat. 



Green Toucan. Edit). pL 330. 



Le Koulik. Buff^. ois. 



Toucan a collier de Cayenne. PL Enl. 577' 

 Toucan a ventre gris de Cayenne. PL EnL 729« 

 Piperine Toucan. Lath. Syn. 



This species has been described by Edwards, 

 under the name of the Green Toucan. Its total 

 length is about seventeen inches, and its general 

 colour dull green : the head, neck, and breast 

 deep black: behind each ear is a somewhat length- 

 ened orange-coloured spot, and immediately be- 

 hind the lower part of the neck an orange- coloured 

 bar or collar : the belly is pale yellowish-green ; 



