GREEN TOUCx^N. 
to the lower part of the belly, is grey in the 
Female, and the half collar is of a very pale 
yellow; whereas it is of a fine yellow in the 
Male, and the under side variegated with dif- 
ferent colours." 
We are rather surprised that BufFon has not 
protested against the Linnsean name of this 
bird, which implies that it is a feeder on Pep- 
per ; since he has remarked, in his description 
of the Red-Bellied Toucan, the Ramphastos 
Picatus of Linnaeus and Gmelin, that " The- 
vet assures us, this bird lives on Pepper ; of 
which it swallows such quantities, as to be 
obliged to vomit it» This story," BufFon 
adds, has been copied by all the naturalists, 
and yet there is no Pepper in America. It 
would be difficult to imagine what spice The- 
vet meant ; unless it was Pimento, which 
some authors have termed Jamaica Pepper." 
This Green Toucan of Edwards, is some- 
what smaller than the Ramphastos Viridis, or 
Ramphastos Aracari, of Linn?eus and Gmelin; 
which, including the bill and tail, is said to be 
more than sixteen inches in length. 
