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BLUE-THROATED TOUCAN. 



black stripe : smaller wing-coverts yellow ; re- 

 mainder of the wings varied with black and white : 

 tail of the same colour : legs brown. Native of 

 Mexico. 



Ramphastos caeruleus. Jl. ccerukus cinereo variegatus-, rostro com 



pore longiorcy iridibusfulvis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Blue Toucan, varied with ash-colour, with the bill longer than the 



body, and fulvous irides. 

 Xochitenacatl. Fern. Hist. N. H. p. 47. 

 L'Aracari bleu. Buf. ois. 

 Blue Toucan. Lath. syn. 



Described by Fernandez: size that of a pigeon: 

 colour blue, intermixed with ash-colour : bill very 

 large, and even longer than the body of the bird. 

 Native of Mexico. 



Ramphastos dubius. R. gutture cceruko. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Toucan with blue throat. ''ijj^ 

 Blue-throated Toucan. Lath. syn. 



This is mentioned by Dr. Latham from a cata- 

 logue of the Museum of Baron Faugeres of Mont- 

 pellier, where it is announced as an undescribed 

 species, but without any farther particulars relative 

 to its colours or history. 



BLUE TOUCAN. 



BLUE-THROATED TOUCAN. 



