OREEN TOUCAN. 
name Ramphastos ; but, in subsequent edi- 
tions of the Sys tenia Nature;, it has received a 
specific name, and is the Ramphastos Piperi- 
vorous, of Linnasus and Gmeiin. Latham 
calls it, the Pipel ine Toucan ; Edwards, the 
Green Toucan ; Brisson, Tucana Cayanensis 
Torquata, or Toucan a ColHer de Cayenne ; 
and BufFon, the Koulik, or Second Species of 
Aracari. It is to be remembered, that BufFon 
divides the Toucan genus into two classes: 
the Toucans, properly so called ; and the Ara- 
caris — which are smaller, have longer and 
more solid bills, and longer and tapered tails, 
instead of tails rounded at the extremity. 
The word Koulik, repeated quick," Buf- 
fon tells us, ''resembles the cry of this birdj 
which, for that reason, has obtained the name 
of Koulik, from the Creoles of Cayenne. His 
description is short ; and so nearly agrees 
with that of Edwards, tliat it is not worth ex- 
tra6ting. He adds, however, that the Female 
k distinguished from the Male by the colour of 
the top of the neck ; where the plumage is 
brown, instead of black as in the Male : the 
icadcr sxde of the body, also, from the throat 
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