or BIRDS. 
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TOUCAN. 
1 he Toucan is found only in the warm 
climates of South America, where it is highly 
prized, both for the delicacy of its flesh, 
winch is tender and nourishing, mid for the 
beamy of its plumage, particularly the fea- 
thers o t the breast, which are of a most 
lovely saffron colour, with a certain redness 
hear the beginning. The belly and thighs 
are of a most beautiful Vermillion, the tail is 
black, but of a bright red at the end; the 
head, neck, and wmgs are black. He is 
about the size of the magpie, but his beak is 
heurly as large ns the rest of the’ body ; the 
head is large and strong, and the neck short 
m order to support the bulk of such a beak, 
this bird, though furnished with so formi- 
dable a beak, is harmless and gentle, being 
so easily tamed, as to sit and hatch its voting 
m houses. ° 
