THE TOUCAN. 
This curious bird is almost twenty inches in 
length ; the bill is six inches long, and near two 
inches thick at the base, being of a yellowish 
green colour, reddish at the tip. The nostrils 
are at the base of the bill. The principal up- 
per parts of the body, and the breast and neck, 
are of a glossy black, with a tinge of green ; 
the lower part of the back, upper part of the 
tail, and small feathers of the wings, are the 
same, with a cast of ash colour ; the breast is 
of a fine orange. The under part of the body, 
the sides, thighs, and short feathers of the tail, 
are a bright red ; the remainder of the tail is 
of a greenish black, tipped with red. The legs 
and claws are black. This bird is easily tamed, 
and will become very familiar, and eat almost 
any thing offered to it ; in general it feeds on 
fruits. In its wild state it is a noisy bird, and 
is perpetually moving from place to place, in 
