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F emale.
quarter in thicknefs at the bafe, and three inches and a third in
length (that of the female only two inches and three quarters) :
the edges of the mandibles are ferrated; the ferrated parts
white; the upper mandible is yellow at top, and red at the:
fides; between thefe two colours is a line of black: the lower
mandible is black; at the bafe red, with a tinge of red about the
noftrils.:. orbits naked, and yellow : Irides yellow: the head,
throat, and fore part of the neck, are of a fine black: hind part
of the neck, back, fcapulars, upper wing and tail coverts, and
thighs; are dull green: rump bright red: the lower part of the
neck before, and the reft of the under parts, pale yellow.: quills-
blackilh, with the outer edges dull green : tail the fame above,
green afli beneath, and cuneated ; the two middle feathers longer
than the outer ones by two inches and a quarter: legs lead-colour:
claws black.
The female differs from the male, in having the head, throat,,
and fore part of the neck, fine cheftnut; which are, "in the male,
black: this colour is feparated from the fulphur-colour by a fmall
tranfverfe black band: otherwife like the male.
P lac e». Inhabits Cayenne.
TO.
ARACARI
T .
Ramphaftös aracari, Lin. Syß. i. p. 151. ND
Le Toucan verd du Brefil, B rif. orn. iv. p. 426. N°. 9. pi. 33. f. 2v
* ■ 1 ■ -----------—— — P i. enh 166,
Le Grigri, Buf. oif. vii. p.. 126.
Aracari, Rail Syn. p. 44. N° 2.— W ill. orn. p. 140. pi; 22» •
L ev. Muf.
D escription,. * 1 '•HE length of this fpecies is fixteen inches eight lines; The
bill is near four inches and a quarter, long, and fixteen lines
thick at the bafe; hooked at the tip; the upper mandible white,
ft marked
marked on the upper part with a black ftripe, the whole length;;
the lower mandible wholly black, the edges deeply ferrated t the
irides yellow : the eye furrounded by a naked yellowilh lkin : the
head, throat, and neck, are black: on each fide of the head is a
fmall cheftnut fpot, juft above the ears: the upper part of the
back, fcapulars, and wing coverts,, are dull green : lower part of
the back, rump, and upper tail coverts, bright red: breaft, belly,
and fides, brimftone, with a mixture of red on the upper part of
the breaft: on the belly is a bright red band, eight lines in
breadth: the thighs, and under taik coverts, are olive green, irregularly
mixed with red, and deep yellow: quills blackifh, with
dull green edges : tail wedge-fhaped, the outer feathers being
fhorter than the middle ones by above three inches and a half;
the colour dull green above, and paler beneath: legs blackilh
green: claws black.
Inhabits Brajtl, Surinam, and Cayenne. Linnaeus dclcribes. it as
having the upper part and tip of the upper mandible black,
whitilh on the fides,. with a white arch at the root; the lower, one
black : head, wings, and tail, black: breaft and belly yellow and
crimfon, with a black rOundifh markon the middle of the breaft,
and another Inch like tranfverie one on the beginning of the
belly: the rump crimfon : thighs rufous.
That thefe varieties do occur, I am certain, as I have feen fome
birds without the red. band on. the breaft,. and the bill of others of
a plain dulky colour.
In two of thefe birds, lent over as- of different fexes, which
came under, my infpedtion, the difference was merely in the one
being brown where the other was black, the yellow in the feveral
parts, of a. deeper hue, and the feathers at the bafe.of tire thighs
edged
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