BLACK-BILLED TOUCAK'. 375 



the thighs purple; the vent red, and the tail, 

 which is cuneated, slightly tipped vvith dull red : 

 the bill is about three inches long, and of a black 

 colour, but towards the base varied with red, 

 whitish, and orange-yellow. In the female the 

 head, neck, and breast are brown instead of black, 

 and the lower part of the belly grey instead of 

 greenish-yellow. Native of Cayenne, and said to 

 feed much on pepper ; by which must be under- 

 stood Capsicum or Cayenne pepper. The female 

 of this species has been known to vary in having 

 the bill horn-colour, with a black bar near the 

 end, and two others near the edge ; the ridge also 

 being black, and the yellow crescent at the neck 

 wanting. 



BLACK-BILLED TOUCAN. 



Raniphastos lutens. R.Jlavescens, lateribus colli utrinque sfriga 



longitudinali nigra, cauda et alis alho nigroque mriis, tectricibus 



alarum minoribus Jlams. hath. ind. orn, 

 Yellowisli Toucan, with a longitudinal black streak on each side 



the neck, wings and tail varied with black and white, and the 



smaller wing-coverts yellow. 

 Alia Xochitenacatl. Will, orn, Nieremb, p. 207. 

 Aracari a bee noir. Buf. ois. 

 Black-billed Toucan. Lath. syn. 



Described by Buffon from Nieremberg, &c. 

 Size that of a pigeon : bill black, thick, and bent : 

 general colour of the body yellowish-white: on 

 each side of the neck, from the bill to the breast, a 



