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that of the under one purple, and the fides of both fcarlet; the
head black, except two white fpots near the upper mandible ;
the whole plumage befides black, except the breaft, which is
white, and a crefcent of red on the breaft. I am inclined to
think this defcription of the bill to be juft, as it is probable he
may have feen it alive.
Le Toucan a gorge blanche de Cayenne, Brif. trtt. iv. p. 416. N° 4. pi. 31.
f. 2.
Red-beaked Toucan, Ed<w. glean, pi. 238.
C IZ E of the laft : the bill fomewhat {horter: the bafe of both
^ mandibles yellow; the top of the upper one the fame; the
whole of the under, and the lower part of the upper one is red s
at a little diftance from the bafe is atranfverfe mark of black, dividing
the red from the yellow on the bill s and round the bill at
the bafe is a black lift, in which the noftrils are placed : round
the eyes is a blueilh fpaces and between the bill and eye is a
white fpot: the cheeks, fore part of the neck, and throat, are
white: on the breaft is a crefcent of crimfon: the upper tail coverts
are brimftone, and the under, crimfon : legs lead-colour.
Claws black.
Thefe four laft fpecies inhabit Cayenne, Guiana, or Brajils and
whoever reads Buffon’s opinion will join him in the great probability
of their being the fame fpecies s and moft likely that the
two with the yellow breafts may prove to be males, and thofe with
the white, females: the difference in fize, and trifling variety of
colours, may moft likely have arifen from age, or other circum-
ftances, which often proves the occafion not only of thefe, but
many
many other birds, varying confiderably ■, and in moft birds, indeed,
the colour of the male furpaffes that of the female in
brightnefs.
Ramphaftos picatus, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 152. N° 6.
Le Toucan, Brif. orn. iv. p.408. N° 1.
Le Toucan à ventre rouge, Buf. oif. vii. p. 122.
Pica Brafilica, Raii Syn. p. 44. N° 1.
Brafilian Pye, or Toucan, W ill orn. 128. pi. 20.
Brafilian Pye, Albin ii. pi. 23 *.
Lev. Muf.
T H I S is one foot eight inches and a half in length. The bill
is fix inches long, and near two inches thick at the bale;
this is moftly of a yellowilh green, and reddilh at the tip : noftrils
at the bafe o f the bill, but not covered with feathers : the
head, throat, neck, upper part of the back, and fcapulars, are
gloffy black, with a tinge of green : the lower part of the back,
rump, upper tail and wing coverts, the fame, with a caft of afh-
colour: the breaft of a fine orange f : belly, fides, thighs, and
lower tail coverts, bright red : under the wings black : quills the
* The toes are placed three before and one behind in this plate, no doubt by
miftake.
f The fkins of thefe birds, viz. the yellow part, from the throat to the thighs,
are taken off by the natives, and either fold by them, or made prefents of as rarities.
Pernetty mentions fifty of thefe being made a prefent to a captain of
a Ihip. There are many forts at the IJle of .St. Catherine, on'the coaft of Braftl,
fome of which have light blue irides furrounded with a white circle, and others
black. The bill of fome is green, with a circle of black, and two white fpots at
the root: that of others is black, but red within, with a yellow green circle near
the head. The cry is ToUcaraca, whence the name. Pernetty Voy, p. i80.
U u fame
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