RAMPHASTOS VITELLINUS, IlUger. 
Sulpliur-and-wliite-breasted Toucan. 
Specific Character. 
Ramph. rostro nigro, fascia basalt coeruleo-cand postice lined nigrd cinctd: niger; pectore 
aurantiaco-Jiavo in album ad latera et antice transeunte; torque pectorali caudceque 
tectricibus coccineis. 
Beak black, with a basal band of greyish blue bounded posteriorly by a narrow band of black j 
naked space round the eye blueisli lead colour; general plumage black; breast orange 
yellow in the centre, becoming gradually paler towards the side, where it is c[uite white, 
especially on the cheeks and throat; the orange colour of the breast is bounded by a 
pectoral band of scarlet, the upper and under tail-coverts being of the same colour. 
Total length, 17 or 18 inches; bill, 5; wings, 7; tail, 6i; tarsi. If. 
Le Pignancoin. Levaill., Ois. de Parad., vol. 2. pi. 7- 
Ramphastos vitellinus. Hlig.—Lichtenst.—Swains., Zool. Tllust., vol. l.p. 56. 
Were it not that the blue band at the base of the beak fades immediately after death, the present species 
would be easily distinguished: independently of this, however, the white ear-coverts and sides of the chest 
are sufficiently characteristic to distinguish it from all others. It appears to have been separated from the rest 
of its genus by Illiger, and has been figured by Mr. Swainson in his “ Zoological Illustrations.” It inhabits 
Surinam, Cayenne, Guiana, and the borders of the Amazon, in which countries its beautiful yellow chest is 
held in high esteem by the natives, by whom its skin is often prepared for ornaments. 
