YELLOW - BREASTED TOUCAN. 
white above, and those beneath of a fine red. 
The crown of the head, upper part of the 
neck, the back, wings, belly, and tail, are 
wholly black; though, on the upper side of 
the wings and tail, it has a changeable gloss of 
blueish purple. The toes stand two forward 
and two backward. The legs and feet are all 
of a blue or violet colour." 
Edwards drew this figure from the living 
bird, w T hile in good feather and spirits. He 
observes, that the Toucan is very rarely 
brought to England alive: " one coloured 
drawing from this genus living," remarks Ed- 
wards, ' 4 is worth ten from dead birds ; because 
the bills, which have very fine colours in the 
living, totally change to very obscure colours 
when dead, as I have discovered from my own 
observation. This bird," he adds, " is not 
precisely described by any author: the nearest 
resemblance I can find, is Brisson's Toucan a 
Gorge Jaune de Cayenne." 
This was the opinion of Edwards; but, 
seems, the Tucana Brasiliensis, Gutture Lu- 
teo, or Yellow T -Throatcd Toucan of Brasil 
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