THE 
GREEN TOUCAN. 
GENERIC CtUR/lCTER. 
Bill extremely large, hollow, convex, serrated 
outwards: the upper mandible incurved at 
the tip. 
Nostrils seated behind the base of the bill. 
Tongue feather-shaped. 
Feet scansorial. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
GREEN TOUCAN, with yellow abdomen 
and red rump. 
GREEN TOUCAN. 
Lath. Syn. 1. p. 331 . 
TOUCAN verd de Cayenne. 
Pl.Enl. 727, 728. 
The Green Toucan is a native of South-America, 
and is principally seen in Cayenne. Its size is some¬ 
what larger than that of a common blackbird : the 
head and neck, which in the male are black, arc of a 
chesnut-colour in the female. 
