RED-BEAKED TOUCAN. 
a sort of hobbling motion. The enormous 
and useless bill of the Toucan, includes a 
tongue still more useless, and of a stru6lure 
very uncommon: it is neither fleshy, nor 
cartilaginous, as in other birds, but a real fea^ 
ther misplaced. 
These birds have a very brilliant plumage, 
the throat being orange of the most vivid hue ; 
and, though such beautiful feathers are found 
only in some of the species, they have given 
name to the whole genus ; Toucan being the 
Brasilian word for a Feather. The Toucan's 
feathers are used, even in Europe, for making 
muffs: and it's huge bill has acquired it the 
honour of being translated among our south- 
ern constellations; where nothing is admitted, 
it has been ingeniously remarked, but what is 
striking and wonderful. 
. The form of this huge unwieldy bill is very 
different in each mandible: the upper is bent 
into the shape of a sickle, rounded above, and 
hooked at the extremity ; the under is shorter, 
narrower, and less curved below. Both liavc* 
indentings on the edges, but they do not fit 
into 
