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INDIAN TOUCAN. 



Kamphastos Indicus. R, niger viridi-cceruko nitens, genis abdo'» 

 mineque albisy femoribus crissoque Jlams, vcrtice wopygioque 

 rubris. 



Black Toucan with blue-green gloss, white cheeks and abdomen * 



yellow thighs and vent, and red crown and rump. 

 Ramphastos Indicus. Cimelia Pkysica, t, 57. 



This, which rests entirely on the faith of Mr. 

 Miller's figure, is represented, perhaps through 

 some error, as a native of India. Its total length 

 is nearly twelve inches, and its general colour 

 black, with blue-green glosses : the bill, which is 

 perfectly smooth, and considerably less than in 

 most others of the genus, is of an orange-red half- 

 way from the base, the remainder being black : 

 the base is also surrounded by a narrow black 

 edge : the crown of the head is red ; the cheeks 

 white, and the orbits of the eyes naked and pale 

 blue ; the belly w^hite, the thighs and vent yellow, 

 and the upper tail-coverts red : the legs are black. 

 This, like the immediately preceding, is probably 

 an unadvanced specimen of some other species. 



I cannot dismiss the present genus without ob- 

 serving that the true determination of the species 

 is extremely difficult. The Count de BufFon con- 

 siders the Brasilian and Red-Billed Toucans as no 

 other than the female, (varying slightly in colour Ji 

 of the Red-Breasted Toucan; and consequently no 

 less than four commonly supposed distinct specieg 



