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SMOOTH-BILLED TOUCAN. 



Ramphastos glaber. R, corpore viridi, suhtus mrescente-Jlavo , 

 capite colloque castaneis, uropygio rubro, rostro lateribus glabra » 

 Lath, ind. orn. 



Toucan with green body, yellowish-green beneath, chesnut head 



and neck, red rump, and smooth-edged bill. 

 Smooth-billed Toucan, Lath, syn. 



Size of the Green Toucan: length twelve 

 inches : bill an inch and three quarters long, and 

 one inch thick at the base ; the upper mandible 

 yellowish-brown, the lower black; the edges of 

 both perfectly smooth or without serratures : or- 

 bits blue : head and neck chesnut, the top of the 

 head darkest : upper parts of the body dark green; 

 rump crimson; lower part of neck> breast, and 

 belly pale greenish-yellow: thighs green, with 

 the insides dusky : legs brown : described from 

 Dr. Latham, and is, in all probability, the young 

 or unadvanced state of the green or some other 

 species. The two specimens from which Dr. La- 

 tham's description was drawn up were brought 

 from Cayenne. 



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