PREFACE.

eae many valuable notes which he, in
hese new species, as W ell as the '

in figures of t
include therein hg 1 felt very much disposed to publish the work

placed at my disposal.

the kindest manner, |
ini S ] rom one cause or
taining these novelties, but 4 othas

anew, or at least to issue a supplement con

e e pre ome e inter! have constantly kept the
l or ment. In the interim ie y kep
I have delay d so doing until th ; pt sent m

Cc € ne n 1 1 spe t oO t e

itl F others vy to science.
besides the acceptable addition from time to time of others nev

ao Ol ee ant ine species, and figures
I now publish a Second Edition with new drawings of the old species, ¢ gures and

descriptions of no less than eighteen others—all, in fact, that are known ’ p to the pre time.
Great attention has been paid to the colouring of the soft parts—the orbits, eyes, bill, legs, &e.
__the hues of which are so evanescent, that unless they be either drawn or noted down from
the living bird or immediately after death, it is impossible to present faithful portraitures; and
here I have derived much valuable information from the rich menagerie of the Zoological
Society of London, in which living examples of no less than five species were exhibited during

the year 1853.

Of late years, the lowlands of the great country of South America, and particularly those
bordering the mighty Amazon and its tributaries, have been explored by many intelligent
travellers, who have diligently searched for novelties with success. It is, however, from the
high mountain ranges of the Andes and the Cordilleras, rather than from the low forest-covered
lands, that the greater number of the recent accessions to the Ramphastide has emanated, and

it is there that all the species (with a single exception) of the genus Andigena have been

discovered.

For the elaborate “ Observations on the Anatomy of the Toucan,” given at the close, I

am indebted to my friend Professor Owen, F.R.S.: they were the result of investigations

instituted by himself expresslv for mv if
y himself expressly for my Monograph.

In conclusion, I bee to s .
, | beg to state, that neither pains nor expense have been spared to render the

resent editi i S$ possi
present edition as perfect as possible up to the present period. It will be found to comprise

of 5 S eS rreoter 1 127]
51 species. The greater portion of the originals from whieh
my figures have been taken are now in the Britist

illustrations and descriptions

1 Museum, and these, in addition to the species
oreviously contained rel ‘|
I y | therein, contribute to render the series of the Ramphastide in the National

Collection by far the finest and most compl

ete in Europe.

May Ist, 1854, JOHN GOULD.