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Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidæ. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and bl…

A small toucan.

A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).

An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds.

A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups.

ng with earnestness. No preacher is listened to but Time. Swift. Preacher bird (Zoöl.), a toucan.

the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans.

Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan.

A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan.

s birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds.