RED-BEAKED TOUCAN. 
They are so susceptible of cold, that the cool 
of the evening, in the hottest climates, greatly 
afFecls them; and they make beds of herbs, 
straw, even when housed. Their skin is in 
general blue under the feathers ; and their iiesli, 
though black and hard, is said to be palatable. 
The Red-Beaked Toucan, or Ramphastos 
Erythrorhynchos of Linnjeus, is of the big- 
ness of a common tame pigeon, and shaped 
like a jackdaw. The bill, from the angles of 
the mouth to it's point, is six inches and a 
half long ; it's heiglit, or width, in the 
thickest part, a little more than two inches; 
and it's thickness near the head one inch and a 
quarter. It is arched, or rounded, along the 
top of the upper mandible, the under side is also 
round The upper mandible, round it's base, 
or joining to the head, and it's upper part quite 
to it's point, is of a bright yellow colour: it's 
sides are of a fine red or scarlet colour; and 
so is the lower mandible, except at it's base, 
which is purplish. The red, both on the upper 
and under clxap, is clouded more or less in dif- 
ferent parts with black ; so that the point of 
the lower mandible is black. A black list 
passes 
