| 单词 | toucan |
| 例句 | The dense tropical trees along the river’s edge towered overhead, providing shade along the banks, while big-beaked toucans called out with their harsh sounds and flocks of parakeets flashed their green, blue, and red feathers. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The toucans and cockatoos circled in confusion before flying north. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes refilled the mosaic-lined fountain with sweet water and built an aviary in the garden, stocking it with toucans and cockatoos, parrots, a macaw, and canaries that sang in high octaves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When seventeenth-century European sailors first saw the southern skies they put objects of seventeenth- century interest in the heavens—toucans and peacocks, telescopes and microscopes, compasses and the sterns of ships. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe a stray dog should be wandering by, or a toucan. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Live toucans and spider monkeys sold for 50 soles or so, the equivalent of $20. Iquitos, Peru: Wet and Wild 2013-09-13T17:49:30Z Voice work is one of the only places where it really doesn’t matter what you look like, meaning that you can suddenly become a toucan or a princess or a monster. With ‘Encanto,’ Stephanie Beatriz Finds Yet Another Voice 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z It’s visual—the stage makeup rouge, the silhouette with that toucan nose, the hair helmet that looks styled by Tim Burton—and aural. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel Celebrates the Reign of the Empress of Fashion 2012-09-20T15:33:12Z The buyers have included specialists in beer and advertising history; Mr. Hughes acquired a canvas depicting a toucan, seal, ostrich and kangaroo celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation. Art of Internment Camps Will Head to Auction 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Caiman eyes shine at the edge of the lagoon and frogs and toads of all colours and sizes add to the howler monkeys, turtles and toucans we’d seen earlier in the day. It’s a jungle out there: Costa Rica with kids 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z The lots belonged to an unnamed collector in Belgium, who focused on 1920s and ’30s European bookends in the shapes of monkeys, bears, walruses, penguins, toucans, eagles, leopards, goats, mice, frogs and snails. At the Met, Honoring Kimonos and a Scholar of the Same 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z In his aviary “talkative English ravens as large as buzzards live unhappily with toucans,” a magazine reporter observed. Antiques: A Painter?s Menagerie of Birds and Beasts Comes Back to Life 2011-06-09T21:33:48Z Though the words "rain forest" tend to conjure visions of steam heat, monkeys and toucans with DayGlo bills, temperate rain forests are remarkable, too. The Most Amazing Rain Forests 2010-11-16T23:00:00Z So the birds were creating these nests that were longer and longer, in order to avoid the toucans stealing their young, basically. The Origin Story of the Depressingly Good “BoJack Horseman” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z This customized tour ranged from a remote eco-lodge among monkeys and toucans to an ultra-luxury mansion rental on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast. Luxury amid nature in safe Costa Rica 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Above us, howler monkeys scampered through the trees, and parrots and toucans glided through the air. Journeys: The Beasts and Beats of Belize 2012-08-22T21:27:15Z Like, toucans are so selfish and greedy, I really related to it. The Origin Story of the Depressingly Good “BoJack Horseman” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The park was as impressive for its towering gray Mayan pyramids as for the wildlife in the surrounding jungle — spider monkeys, toucans, parakeets and raccoonlike animals known as coati. One of Guatemala’s most exquisite boutique hotels is owned by Francis Ford Coppola 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z An old-growth forest, often just yards from the shore, is alive with sloths, toucans and monkeys. Next Stop: A Trip Along Costa Rica?s Caribbean Coast 2010-04-03T03:51:00Z Another day, the hotel’s ace birder, Pedro Ical, took us to a nearby marsh in search of toucans with multicolored beaks. Journeys: The Beasts and Beats of Belize 2012-08-22T21:27:15Z For his current effort, the 31-year-old artist sought to broadcast a message of vibrancy and joy using colorful images like a toucan and three-eyed tiger. Bringing a 5Pointz Vibe to Lower Manhattan 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s amazingly easy to find hyacinth macaws, toucans, parrots, owls, storks and my favorite, the flamingo-without-a-neck. Frugal Traveler Blog: It's a Jungle Out There: Wildlife in the Pantanal 2011-10-18T19:05:50Z From under the forest canopy came the guttural, trash-compactor roar of the loudest land animal in the world, one of many endangered species that live here, along with pumas, toucans, spider monkeys and coati-mundis. The Return of the Jaguar 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z An icy northern tundra where smiles are as rare as wild toucans. Review: ‘Aloft’ Trains an Eagle Eye on Human Misery 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “While “toucan” play at that game, we deal in facts here at the Disney Parks Blog,” Smith continued. Disney World slams rumor that a classic attraction is being replaced 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Warning: This doc contains very sad footage of an abused toucan. What You Should Watch: ‘The Profit’ and ‘Gomorrah’ 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z “I created her after watching a nature documentary about toucans where they were, like, poking their beaks into other birds’ nests to steal the eggs and gobble them. The Origin Story of the Depressingly Good “BoJack Horseman” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The town lies on a remote stretch of coast covered by dense rainforests that are home to monkeys, toucans and colorful poison dart frogs. AP PHOTOS: Humpback whales draw thousands of visitors to a small port on Colombia’s Pacific coast 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The comedian then proceeds to hop ecstatically across the stage with one leg akimbo: “That song was penned with a toucan’s beak dipped in ink while riding a zebra side-saddle.” Oddball comedian Chris Fleming's special "HELL" goes beyond his awkward body of work 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Tourists who flock to see toucans, sloths and brilliantly colored frogs might someday see a charge on their hotel bill to aid forest conservation. Costa Rica ponders ways to sustain reforestation success 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Díaz, a tourist guide, shines a laser pointer at a woodpecker and a toucan, and then moves it over to the blue tail of a Yucatecan jay. In Mexico, worry that Maya Train will destroy jungle 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Primates like the spider monkeys are among the most frequent arrivals, but the center also receives cat species such as ocelots and jaguarundi, and birds including toucans and owls. Panama confronts illegal trafficking of animals 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z A man who suffered serious injuries after a toucan crossing pole hit him on the head has died in hospital. Man dies after road crossing pole hits him on the head in Northampton 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Consider the toucan: Its iconic beak lets it eat and disperse seeds and fruit too large for other birds in South American rainforests. The most distinctive birds are the ones most at risk of extinction 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z It’s easy to find a spot where you’re the only two people on a beautiful beach full of wildlife such as toucans and sloths. Drake Bay Getaway | Provided by Drake Bay Getaway Resort 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Now a new study reveals something surprising about pterosaurs: They may have possessed colored feathers like a toucan or a parrot. Pterosaurs had brightly colored feathers like toucans, according to a new study 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z There were anteaters, turtles, macaws, a toucan and a leopard, who were nurtured back to health by fauna vets from environmental authority Corporinoquia, in charge of managing sustainable development. More than 100 animals released into Colombian wild 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The tiger and the buffalo, the toucans and monkeys and the mandrills in the trees, all start dancing to an old rave tune; the kids bop along, too. What Will Art Look Like in the Metaverse? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z As the researchers sequentially removed species from most to least threatened, toucans, hornbills, hummingbirds, and other distinctive species dropped out; similar birds—think finches and starlings—remained. The most distinctive birds are the ones most at risk of extinction 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Also, a confiscated keel-billed toucan begins a new life at the zoo and the gorillas get a new form of entertainment. What's on TV Saturday: TV movie 'Advice to Love By' on Hallmark; Rami Malek hosts 'SNL' 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Further along the route of Mexico City’s newest cableway, a toucan and a scarlet macaw stare up at passengers. Exuberant Art and Cable Car Can Lift a Poor, Violent Place Only So High 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z But this morning’s run was particularly challenging: six adult toucans, known for their loud squawk. ‘Tape their beaks’: Wildlife trafficking case offers glimpse into clandestine animal trade from Mexico 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Most people associate the Amazon region with showy macaws and toucans, but to an ornithologist, the diverse antbirds are among its main draws. Searching for Bird Life in a Former ‘Ocean of Forest’ 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z What a dorky-deadpan delight to hear him say things like “toucan play that game” or point out that certain rocks are “taken for granite.” Review: Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are fun, but not enough to make ‘Jungle Cruise’ see-worthy 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z It’s heavy stuff for a cartoon about a toucan and songbird, but that balanced tone ranks among the show’s greatest strengths. Perspective | ‘Tuca and Bertie’ is back, on Adult Swim. Thank goodness for these anxious and flirty birds. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z It is absent in mammals and some birds, including toucans and owls. Consider the wishbone: What we can learn from a Thanksgiving turkey's bones 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z But it was the toucans — bound for a customer in California — that Gutierrez perhaps struggled with the most. ‘Tape their beaks’: Wildlife trafficking case offers glimpse into clandestine animal trade from Mexico 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Witnesses of the crash reported that in addition to the lion cub, there was a toucan inside the trailer which managed to escape, police said. White lion cub involved in highway crash in Germany is fine 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The masks are made with the same colorful prints of toucans, jaguars, hummingbirds and other tropical motifs as the swimsuits. In Latin America, face masks become a form of expression 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z The float, which was 35 feet tall and 55 feet long, featured tamarin monkeys with bright orange hair made of layered marigold petals and toucans with glistening black seaweed feathers. Rose Parade celebrates diversity with Rita Moreno, Los Lobos and Maria from 'Sesame Street' 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The zoo recently added toucans, a spider monkey and the popular red pandas, which officials are hoping they’ll make a love connection. Grand Rapids zoo plans more exhibits, redesign 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Gutierrez wrote a message to his customer: “I have the toucans and they are dying.” ‘Tape their beaks’: Wildlife trafficking case offers glimpse into clandestine animal trade from Mexico 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s fun, but not essential, although the tasting happens next to a display of Gilroy’s sketches of Guinness’s toucans flying past the Golden Gate Bridge, Mount Rushmore and other American landmarks. Maryland’s new Guinness brewery is a destination for fans — and everyone else, too 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z You have to look at the photos in print to really get it — a toucan, a polar bear. This Melissa McCarthy Story Just Might (Maybe? Possibly?) Cheer You Up 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z He carried the colorful headband that he had been wearing all week—made from toucan and tanager feathers—in a plastic food container. How Carbon Trading Became a Way of Life for California’s Yurok Tribe 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z “The toucan is obviously not an African bird,” he said. The Life and Art of Wolfgang Tillmans 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z The Midland train is painted parrot green and toucan yellow, its ride quieted by a coffee‐colored carpet. How an Obsession With Rare Bird Feathers Turned Criminal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z They had massive yellow bills and hefty white thighs; they looked like a cross between a toucan and a giant panda. The radical otherness of birds: Jonathan Franzen on why they matter 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z When McHugh told Griffith that he had dreamed the night before of a chestnut mandible toucan, Griffith said, “Call me if you see that bird today.” People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Inside a small army-run zoo—home to toucans, a jaguar and even a manatee—garish macaws rescued from animal traffickers squawk intermittently. The Brazilian army is turning into a de facto police force 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z He placed the toucan where a picture of Lady Gaga had been, then removed it. The Life and Art of Wolfgang Tillmans 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z The fabric was hand-painted and is a totally original interpretation, including beautiful toucans and birds of paradise frolicking in a wild, jungle-like setting.” Designer to the Kardashians shares 10 looks from his new WeHo showroom 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z “Look! To the left, it’s the keel-billed toucan. Can you see it?” Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The bird escaped in May from an aviary in Courtney Chapman's Fullerton home after Fern and a male toucan were delivered by a breeder. After vanishing in May, beloved toucan returns to Orange County neighborhood 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Earlier this fall, Norwegian launched Harvest Caye off the southern coast of Belize, a new private island with an environmental focus featuring manatee observation tours and visits to see endangered scarlet macaws and toucans. How pioneer of modern cruising became underdog, leader again 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Piranhas ate my dog, and the squawking toucans kept me up all night. My Candid Reviews of the World’s Wonders 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z American health is further assailed by long commutes, sedentary jobs, yo-yo dieting, and the charming toucans and tigers that beckon to children along the breakfast aisle of the grocery store. The Surgical Solution to Obesity? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The toucan was moving up as the climate below warmed. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z “If you give a toucan a white beak, it might be rejected by other toucans. So it needs to be orange,” he says. Injured Animals Get Second Chance with 3-D Printed Limbs Which is a really sweet image until you find out that toucans eat maggots. These Are Time’s 100 Most Influential Animals of 2016 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z In addition to "bunnies", the estate is currently home to monkeys, cockatoos, peacocks, African cranes, parrots, toucans and pelicans. Playboy mansion for sale - and it comes with Hugh Hefner - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Large animals like large primates, tapirs and toucans play a key role distributing the seeds of the large trees that store the most carbon and in turn ensuring a healthy forest. These Animals Are Helping to Slow Climate Change—But They're Dying 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z The toucan was not supposed to be there. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z It found losses of large animals like woolly spider monkeys, tapirs and toucans leads to the loss of hardwood trees. Loss of monkeys and birds in tropical forests driving up carbon emissions 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z This toco toucan from the Omaha Zoo lights up the Vatican in splendid color. See Photos of Endangered Animals Projected Onto The Vatican 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z But rising temperatures and erratic rainfall are changing Ulate's homeland, disrupting coffee harvests, pushing dryland plants and animals up damp mountains, and shifting homes for everything from toucans to poisonous snakes. 2 Countries Reveal How Divided the World Is on Climate Change 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z She curls up into a fetal position, the wooden toucan poking into her thigh, the puzzle pressing against her arm, the purses softly bunched up under her head. “Honey Bunny” 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Repeating motifs included a serpent, which snaked up the back of a sheer black floor-length gown, and a toucan, whose open wings give flight from the back of a dress. Courtney Love headlines for Plein at Milan Fashion Week 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Where there would be gargoyles on Notre Dame, the Totem of Confessions has the comical faces of hippos, baboons and toucans. The art of Burning Man: skeletons, temples and flaming Tetris 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z This toco toucan from the Omaha Zoo lights up the Vatican in splendid color. See Photos of Endangered Animals Projected Onto The Vatican 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Taciana Sherlock from the Brazilian wildlife control agency Ibama said the toucan was rescued in March, malnourished and missing its beak. Mutilated toucan gets 3D-printed beak prosthesis - BBC News 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The wooden toucan that used to sit in the middle of the dining-room table, covered in long white scratches. “Honey Bunny” 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Considered the “Godfather” of veterinary dentistry, Emily has worked on the animals of Siegfried and Roy and the Denver Zoo’s toucans, as well as grizzlies, orangutans and his favorite cat - the jaguar. Exotic cats get dental help from volunteers, students 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z The male toucan, named Grecia after the area where it was found, was taken to an animal rescue centre in January. Toucan 'to get prosthetic beak' 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z This toco toucan from the Omaha Zoo lights up the Vatican in splendid color. See Photos of Endangered Animals Projected Onto The Vatican 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z What is certain is that wherever she is sent she will be joined there by another toucan, which was also rescued from animal traffickers and sent to Ibama. Mutilated toucan gets 3D-printed beak prosthesis - BBC News 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z In the grand scheme, TV is like a toucan in a mowed-down rain forest, left vulnerable as its habitat gets obliterated. Broadcast Television Is About to Go the Way of AM Radio Birds such as the toucan disappeared when parts of the rainforest were flattened. Deforestation 'makes seeds smaller' 2013-05-31T08:08:54Z "Unfortunately it will also be common in other tropical areas around the world, where the large toucans, the tapirs, monkeys and other big mammals and birds are disappearing very quickly from the forest." Rainforest losses 'shrink seeds' 2013-05-31T00:15:59Z This includes the ones with the attractive bird related names - pelicans, puffins, toucans - and also junction crossings. The secret button at pedestrian crossings 2013-05-29T15:47:33Z Although another group of researchers was creating a prosthetic beak for another injured toucan in Sao Paulo, the two teams were unaware of each other's work. Mutilated toucan gets 3D-printed beak prosthesis - BBC News 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Once this sparsely peopled flatland was carpeted by niggardly scrub, home to jaguars and braces of toucans. The Queen of the Cowboys 2013-04-29T08:45:00Z Arutam then mounted a giant toucan, looked in the direction of the Condor’s highest peak, and flew away. “To get the gold, they will have to kill every one of us” 2013-02-10T12:00:00Z Usually, species such as the toucan and cotinga use their large beaks to eat the fruit, eventually spreading the seeds throughout the forest. Rainforest losses 'shrink seeds' 2013-05-31T00:15:59Z Its specialty is the cafe’s namesake Filipino bun, and the murals, also by Mr. Elliott, feature toucans and egrets. Real Estate Agents as Restaurateurs 2012-08-04T23:07:28Z Then, in 2009, he read that thermal imaging revealed that toco toucans lose as much as 60 percent of their body heat through their bills. Beak Heat: Evolutionary Theory of Bird Bills Need May Need Revision 2012-08-01T15:15:00.227Z “I will not let a Tucano return to the presidency,” he adds, referring to his archrivals in the Social Democratic Party, whose symbol is the toucan. Lula Returns 2012-06-18T05:00:00Z As it was, her nose just overweighted her face, not with the effect of caricature that a toucan's nose produces, but with the stolidity and complacency of a grosbeak's. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Monkeys of many kinds, jaguars, toucans, wild cats; wonderful ant-eaters, racoons, and lizards; and strange birds, butterflies, wasps, and spiders abound, but none of those animals which resent the presence of man. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z "One of the arguments that was being thrown at us," Symonds says, was that toucans have exceptionally large beaks, so the "radiator" phenomenon probably would not apply to most birds. Beak Heat: Evolutionary Theory of Bird Bills Need May Need Revision 2012-08-01T15:15:00.227Z Macaws screeched from the tree-tops, toucans barked like puppies, tree-frogs whistled and boomed, and at intervals the whole neighbourhood reverberated with long howls which Turnpenny said were the morning song of red howler monkeys. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z "We must see the toucans this time," Bertram announced in a grave voice, "and last time we missed the zebu." Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z In a world of birds that includes the flamingo, the toucan and the bald eagle, it can't be much fun to be a pigeon. Scientists Find that Pigeons Are Capable of Simple Math 2011-12-28T11:00:00Z The toucan, perched on an extreme branch, rattles his large, hollow bill; and in loud, plaintive notes, calls for rain. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z The toucans, those bizarre birds of whose lives we know so little, yelped and called and bathed in the water caught in the stubs of branches, and fed to repletion. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z At 301 our mess table, over the dishes of toucan and parrot supplied by the camp hunters, they rallied each other boisterously. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z It says its logo is based upon a realistic toucan native to Mesoamerica, while Toucan Sam is a cartoon character with the coloring of Froot Loops. Kellogg asks Mayan culture group to limit use of logo, says can be confused with Toucan Sam 2011-08-22T23:58:51Z Over thirty species of that peculiar bird, the toucan, have been secured here. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Parrots, toucans, and scores of other birds keep up a constant babel, and it is no longer such a novelty to me to hear a gorilla near my fort. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z Hosts of birds, almost half the entire number of species found in the Colony, made their home hereabouts, macaws, bellbirds, curassows, trumpeters, toucans, the great harpy eagle and the tiniest of iridescent hummingbirds. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z There were two of every sort — donkeys, hedgehogs, bald eagles, reindeer, toucans and many others — packed together in a makeshift sanctuary. 2 by 2, or Not, Zoo Animals Escape Flood 2011-06-25T02:25:43Z I came across three toucans on a branch in Tikal, Guatemala, and screamed and ran away. | Feathered Fiends 2011-05-06T11:18:55Z The toucan is much coveted for special collections by all naturalists, and is becoming very scarce, except in this one equatorial locality. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Unfortunately, not much is fruiting right now, and I haven’t seen a good fruiting tree full of tanagers, toucans, barbets and so on. Scientist at Work: Of Birds and Insects (and a Coral Snake) 2010-10-27T21:55:00Z While I watched, there came to my tree a single species of pigeon, two hawks, and two parrots, four hummingbirds, and an equal number of toucans and woodpeckers. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z They have nine parrots and a toucan, which spend most of their time in outdoor aviaries nearby. | David DaVinci: Before the Circus Illusions, Preparing the Birds 2010-08-07T20:55:00Z A wild toucan rockets down and then disappears off into the canopy. Ranchers and Drug Barons Threaten Forest Once Ruled by the Maya 2010-07-17T18:46:00Z The toucan, just spoken of, is most remarkable for its beauty and variety of colors, as well as for the very peculiar form and size of its elephantine bill, which makes it look singularly ill-balanced. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z For the word challenge today, note that the bird in the picture is a toucan. Monday Puzzle: Birdbath 2010-04-12T14:45:00Z It was the latter that brought Gary and Vicki Haller from Kansas to Wahoo’s here last week, with its waterfront views, toucan colors and promise of fresh food “from our docks.” In Florida, That Local Seafood May Not Be So Local Anymore 2010-03-31T00:57:00Z She argued that we can still retain our memories of the good times even if we get rid of Aunt Sally’s sideboard or that life-size wooden toucan from Ecuador. Shortcuts: Clutter and How to Get Rid of It 2010-03-26T19:56:00Z Their long hair hangs down over the shoulders, and round their necks a toucan beak or a bunch of feathers is worn as an ornament. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" In strong contrast to the ungainly toucan is the tiny humming-bird, whose beautiful plumage, swiftness of flight and power of wing are sources of constant wonder and admiration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Many species of humming-birds are found even far up in the mountains, and great numbers of parrots, araras and toucans, beautiful of feather but harsh of voice, enliven the forests of the lowlands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Parrots and paroquets are numerous everywhere in the tropical and subtropical regions, as also the gorgeously coloured macaw and awkward toucan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" About eight years ago, while eating a boiled toucan, the thought struck me that the colours in the bill of a preserved specimen might be kept as bright as those in life. Wanderings in South America From time to time soared above the trees flocks of parrots, gray, green, white, or a small bevy of gaudily plumaged toucans in a quiet, wavy flight. In Desert and Wilderness So we will not enter into the metaphysics of the toucan. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Somewhere parrots squawked, somewhere else the puppylike yapping of toucans disturbed the solitude; nothing else. The Pathless Trail Through the warm night air the hoarse croaking of distant frogs and the mournful note of the toucan floated to his ears. Carmen Ariza The habits of the toucan, of the houtou, of the campanero, and of many other birds, were first correctly described by him. Wanderings in South America I shot one and it proved to be a very large toucan. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 1 January, 1897 To be sure, the toucan might retort, To what purpose were gentlemen in Bond Street created? Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) If a sheep bleats, the bird immediately replies to the bleating; the clucking of a turkey, the cackling of a goose, the cry of the toucan are noted and faithfully reproduced. The Industries of Animals The morose call of a toucan floated weirdly upon the heavy air. Carmen Ariza Its topmost branch, when naked with age or dried by accident, is the favourite resort of the toucan. Wanderings in South America In some of the war-181dances the men displayed much agility and gracefulness, darting from side to side in their war-cloaks of toucans' feathers, which floated out behind them with each movement. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' I introduced most of the parrots and toucans. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The forest was haunted by myriads of gay insects, butterflies with wings of dazzling lustre, birds of brilliant plumage, humming-birds, golden orioles, toucans, and a p. 199host of solitary warblers. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Did you hear about old Pilberry the parson, and the toucan?” The Mistress of Shenstone It is to these trees that the largest sort of toucan resorts. Wanderings in South America The bills of toucans, and similar birds, require some nice colouring to blend the various tints one within the other. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Squirrels gambolled on the branches as we passed by, and toucans seemed to tempt us to stop; but we were all anxious to reach the waterfall. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Four years before, we set ourselves to work to discover the first eggs and young of toucans, and after weeks of heartbreaking labor and disappointments we succeeded. Edge of the Jungle Besides parrots there are in the same house toucans, birds who have enormous bills and rather small bodies—in fact, they seem to have spent their time growing bills. The Children's Book of London While cotingas attract your attention by their superior plumage, the singular form of the toucan makes a lasting impression on your memory. Wanderings in South America But they saw none as yet, except some birds, such as parrots,202 macaws, and toucans, that fluttered among the leaves. Popular Adventure Tales However, I could see nothing but some toucans, far too wary to get within gunshot of. Adventures of a Young Naturalist They were sulphur-breasted toucans, and they were silent, heralded only by the sound of their wings and the crash of their pigments. Edge of the Jungle The toucan's eye has bright blue round it, and round that again orange colour. The Children's Book of London There are three species of toucans in Demerara, and three diminutives, which may be called toucanets. Wanderings in South America But they saw none as yet, except some birds, such as parrots, macaws, and toucans, that fluttered among the leaves. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Our attention was again attracted towards the forest by the cries of five or six toucans, and again we set off in chase. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Here, also, the forests are adorned with the gay plumage of the red and blue macaws, as also by a toucan with a yellow tail. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Her show of fright gave courage to the toucans. The Black Phantom All the toucanets feed on the same trees on which the toucan feeds, and every species of this family of enormous bill lays its eggs in the hollow trees. Wanderings in South America Barbets may be described as woodpeckers that are trying to become toucans. Birds of the Indian Hills "Do you know, then, why toucans have such exaggerated beaks?" Adventures of a Young Naturalist Hence the Indians give them the name from which we derive toucan—a bird especially characteristic of the forests of Tropical America. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America An hour later the monkey’s sharp eyes detected the nest of a toucan made in the hollow of a thick branch. The Black Phantom Till within these few years no idea of the true colours of the bill could be formed from the stuffed toucans brought to Europe. Wanderings in South America A striking feature of the great Himalayan barbet is its massive yellow bill, which is as large as that of some species of toucan. Birds of the Indian Hills It must have been two hours, and I was beginning to feel very much cramped when I heard a whirring of great wings, and then the toucan alighted on the ground beside me. The Enchanted Island Cuvier’s toucan inhabits the woods of the Upper Amazon. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Again, with a whir a trogon on the wing would seize some fruit, or a clumsy toucan would make the branches shake as he alighted above our heads. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco If a toucan be yelping in the neighbourhood, he drops it, and imitates him. Wanderings in South America Duppo and I stored our wallets with fresh farinha; and I hoped to kill a toucan, or a brace of parrots, on our way, which would afford us sufficient food. On the Banks of the Amazon There was no one in sight, and I walked on towards the hedge over which I had seen the toucan disappear. The Enchanted Island He possessed a tame toucan of one of the large species, which was allowed to go free about the house. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The Indians, who had just shot a toucan, were a little way behind me, waiting for the bird to drop. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco His beak is the colour of sulphur, but it fades in death, and requires the same operation as the bill of the toucan to make it keep its colours. Wanderings in South America While I was speaking Domingos appeared at the door, with his baskets loaded with fruit, vegetables, and birds—chiefly parrots and toucans of gay plumage. On the Banks of the Amazon It was only a moment before somebody saw him, for every farmer had a boy watching, and the cry rang out, 'The toucan, the toucan!' The Enchanted Island If a toucan is yelping in the neighbourhood, it drops its own note and imitates the huge-beaked bird. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America They take the places in the East of the toucans of the West. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas We dined rather earlier than usual,—our chief dish being a stew of parrots and toucans,—and left the sitio at about five o'clock, in three canoes, the music accompanying us in the smaller boat. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 I got a shot at a toucan, which was climbing with bill and claws up a tree above our heads. On the Banks of the Amazon The toucan alighted on the grass, put the basket down and again began pecking at the peaches through the cover. The Enchanted Island Solitary toucans are sometimes met with, hopping silently up and down the larger boughs, and peering into the crevices of tree trunks. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The beautiful birds—the parrots, the toucans, and the trogons—all go to rest at an early hour; and other winged creatures take possession of the air. The Rifle Rangers The sportsmen returned from the forest, bringing a goodly supply of toucans, papagaios, and paroquets, with a variety of other birds; and the fishermen brought in treasures again for Mr. Agassiz. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 He will find troops of toucans and parrots not far off. On the Banks of the Amazon Now Bowser is just a common toucan, and I found him on the ground under a big tree one morning, where a bad storm the night before had tossed him out of the nest. The Enchanted Island When the toucan is at roost, it turns its long tail directly over its back, and thrusts its beak beneath the wing, so as to appear very much like a large mass of feathers. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Parrots and trogons, and tanagers flashed around our heads; and the great-billed and silly-looking toucans sat silent in the branches above. The Rifle Rangers His ornithological knowledge went no further than to the birds of Bengal; and the toucan is found only in America. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The birds seemed to be shouting out “To-o-cânó, to-o-cânó,” and it is on this account that the Indians give them the name from which we derive that of toucans. On the Banks of the Amazon I was very much interested, especially in the toucan, and asked what manner of bird it was. The Enchanted Island The cries of the curly-crested toucan are very singular, resembling somewhat the croaking of frogs. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The toucan of South America also forms her nest in the cavity of a tree, and, like the hornbill, plasters up the aperture with mud. The Castaways Ossaroo could not tell what a toucan was, never having heard of such a bird. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" As soon as we had finished our roasted toucans and parrots, we set forth with our new allies in search of suitable trees for the shells of the boats. On the Banks of the Amazon The toucan did just what I had hoped he would. The Enchanted Island Now, with a whir, a trogon on the wing seizes the fruit, or some clumsy toucan makes the branches shake as he alights above our heads. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America There was a fine, healthy toucan, with his marvellous bill, looking sadly out of place in a small cage in such a dingy place. Wild Nature Won By Kindness Unlike the toucans, however, it cannot climb trees, and is therefore not of the Scansorial order. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" It would have been almost as easy for a toucan to display joy, grief, or surprise. The Shrieking Pit The fruits are likewise borne aloft, and therefore at the proper time these tree-tops will be the haunt of the monkeys, the parrots, the bats, the toucans, and all frugivorous creation. Ranching, Sport and Travel It seems wonderful at first sight that any creature should be encumbered with so huge a beak; but the toucan knows well how to use it. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The toucan, peculiar to the New World, and distinguished by its enormous bill, is a quarrelsome, imperious bird. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America He might have told them that ornithologists have differed much about the classification of the hornbill—some of them placing it among the toucans, while others assert that it belongs to the crow family. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" The a priori probability that the toucan was known to the Mound-Builders is, of course, much less than that the manatee was, since no species of toucan occurs farther north than Southern Mexico. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 A little further, and deep in the forest the ear caught the busy tap-tap of the woodpecker, the snap of the toucan's beak, or far away the deep trumpeting of the elephant. Dead Man's Rock The largest of that region is Cuvier’s toucan, and is distinguished from its nearest relatives by the feathers at the bottom of the back being of a saffron hue instead of red. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America This last they roll up in plantain leaves and smoke, or snuff an infusion of it through the nose from the upper bill of a toucan. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Its immense beak—out of all proportion to its body—is not the only point of resemblance it bears to the toucans. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Without discussing the several theories to which the toucan pipes have given rise, let us first examine the evidence offered as to the presence in the mounds of sculptures of the toucan. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 The pookin is a confusion in the mind of Priscilla between a pelican and a toucan, because she saw them both for the first time on the same day. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 There they have to fight, not merely against such small fry as robins, squirrels, and harvest-mice, but against the aggressive parrot, the hard-billed toucan, the persistent lemur, and the inquisitive monkey. Science in Arcady "Wherefore such a beak?" every naturalist has asked; but the toucan still wags his head, as much as to say, "you can not tell." The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Nor were there orchids blooming on the great tree near; nor any of the little toucans which had been so attractive in 1896. In Indian Mexico (1908) What possible suggestion of a toucan is to be found in this head it is not easy to see. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 On the way I shot a toucan, which must have weighed ten or twelve pounds, with number five shot which happened to be in the gun at the time. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State Parrots and toucans, however, have no knives and forks to cut off the rind with; but as monkeys use their fingers, so the birds use for the same purpose their sharp and powerful bills. Science in Arcady Birds of the same habits are found beside it—the ibis, pigeon, spoonbill, and toucan are seen feeding together. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America There were but few birds, but among them were macaws and toucans. In Indian Mexico (1908) The bill, too, has been altered, having become rounded and decidedly toucan-like, while the tail has undergone abbreviation, also in the direction of likeness to the toucan. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 The skins of the larger birds the toucans, razor-bills and serpent birds are keeping very badly but those of the monkeys, leopards and antelopes are in better condition. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State Dominant woodland animals, indeed, like monkeys, parrots, toucans, and hornbills, at least if vegetarian in their habits, are almost always gregarious, noisy, mischievous, and imitative. Science in Arcady Nearly the only game a hunter can depend upon for food, besides toucans and macaws, is peccari. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Other birds, too, suggest themselves to the mind, such as the pelican, the toucan, the hornbills, and the podarges. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 In short, much that was lacking in the aboriginal artist's conception towards the likeness of a toucan has in this figure been supplied by his modern interpreter. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 First came the yelping of the toucan, which sounded like the carefree yap-yap of some clumsy little pup. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians I believe the bird is a kind of toucan or hornbill, but the people here call it a crane. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Parrots and toucans are the most characteristic groups. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America It was very different from every species of the toucan that is represented by Edwards, and I believe has never been described. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time This departure from the arrangement common to the toucan family, which is zygodactylous, seems to have escaped Stevens's attention. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 The dark blue toucan, with its enormous scarlet and yellow beak, would suddenly appear and fly up with peculiar jerky swoops, at the same time uttering its yelping cry. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians At Gâo, when I was just a child, I used to climb almost as high as this in the gum trees to take the little toucans out of their nests. Atlantida This is an interesting group, since it includes all the varieties of the parrot, cockatoo, and macaw species; the woodpeckers, the toucans, and the cuckoos. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits The very name is fantastic in my ears, colored like a toucan in the zoo. Profiles from China At least he volunteers no explanation of the discrepancy, being, doubtless, influenced in his acceptance of the bird as a toucan by the statements of others. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 I made it out of the skeletons of a stork and a toucan and a job lot of feathers. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents It is the same with the hackles of fowls, the head ornaments of fruit-pigeons, and the bills of toucans. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 At dinner we had a toucan and a couple of parrots, which were very good. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Selkirk passes near it, with his eyes fixed on the branch which serves as a perch, and the toucan, without stirring, looks at him with a species of calm and placid astonishment. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Wilson follows the cut of Squier and Davis, and represents the bird with five toes, stating that the toucan is "imitated with considerable accuracy." Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 Our day's sport, besides the monkey, was confined to sundry small green parrots and a few toucans. The Voyage of the Beagle Again, the parrots, the toucans, the birds of paradise, and many other of the more beautiful exotic species, are fruit-eaters, and reflect their inherited taste in their own gaudy plumage. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 There were magnificent hyacinth macaws; green parrots with red splashes; toucans with varied plumage, black, white, red, yellow; green jacmars; flaming orioles and both blue and dark-red tanagers. Through the Brazilian Wilderness By night, he silently climbed the trees to surprise the female of the toucan or blackbird, which he pitilessly stifled over their young brood. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe The truth is that, the question of toes aside, this carving in no wise resembles a toucan. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 "The toucan died," he once told me, "but its soul is advanced and will soon take on a human incarnation." Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult Thus hornbills in the East are represented by toucans in the West, and the humming bird of the West by the sunbird of the East, and so also in the Malayan archipelago. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 I have never seen any other bird take such grotesque and comic attitudes as the toucan. Through the Brazilian Wilderness This bird is a toucan, of brilliant plumage and monstrous beak. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe Yet it was probably just this fancied resemblance to a hand, out of which the bird is supposed to be feeding, that led to the suggestion of the toucan. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 By a stained-glass window hung a photograph of Atmananda with a toucan on his shoulder. Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult If the extraordinary form and size of the bill expose the toucan to ridicule, its colours make it amends. Wanderings in South America In the afternoon we got an elderly toucan, a piranha, and a reasonably edible side-necked river- turtle; so we had fresh meat again. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Above all these sounds the ringing, lusty, triumphant call of Chanticleer, as the far-reaching toll of the bell-bird sounds above the screaming and chattering of parrots and toucans in the Brazilian forest. Birds in Town and Village The fact that it is represented receiving its food from a human hand would, under these circumstances, favor the conclusion that the sculpture was designed to represent the toucan. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 When we speak in Europe of a native of Guiana, we figure to ourselves a man whose head and waist are decorated with the fine feathers of the macaw, the toucan, and the humming-bird. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 His beak is the colour of sulphur, but it fades in death, and requires the same operation as the bill of the toucan to make it keep its colours. Wanderings in South America You learn how the natives obtain sugar, palm-wine, and rubber; what is the use of the toucan's huge beak, and how plants secure the fertilisation of their flowers. The Naturalist in Nicaragua A toucan peered at him with an appearance of exaggerated curiosity, due to its huge, grotesquely proportioned beak. The Ne'er-Do-Well These three supposed toucans have been copied and recopied by later authors, who have accepted in full the remarks and deductions accompanying them. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 The toucan we had bought was very young; yet it took delight, during the whole voyage, in teasing the cusicusis, or nocturnal monkeys, which are melancholy and irritable. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 While the cotingas attract your attention by their superior plumage, the singular form of the toucan makes a lasting impression on your memory. Wanderings in South America Some of these birds, and especially the toucans, have bills beautifully adapted for picking up the ants before they reach the nest. The Naturalist in Nicaragua I'm dying of a fever, and this ivory-billed toucan brings me a quart of poison. Rainbow's End It is refreshing to find that two writers, although apparently accepting the other identifications by Squier and Davis, have drawn the line at the toucan. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 We purchased some fine specimens of the toucan alive; a courageous bird, the intelligence of which is developed like that of our domestic ravens. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 If a toucan be yelping in the neighbourhood, he drops it, and imitates him. Wanderings in South America Screaming macaws, in their gorgeous livery of blue, yellow, and scarlet, occasionally flew overhead, and tanagers and toucans were not uncommon. The Naturalist in Nicaragua When I left the spot, I settled in my own mind that they were toucans: was I right, Ernest?' Swiss Family Robinson Further on he adds, "Leaving aside the more than doubtful toucan, the imitated animals belong, without exception, to the North American fauna." Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 The toucan resembles the raven in manners and intelligence. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 There are three species of toucans in Demerara, and three diminutives, which may be called toucanets. Wanderings in South America Any predatory animal must face this formidable beak if seeking to force an entrance to the nest; and I know by experience that the toucan can use it with great quickness and effect. The Naturalist in Nicaragua The last importation is a toucan,—a South American bird, with a beak like a banana, and a voice like an old sheep in despair. The Rosary Nothing resembling the toucan, as has been seen, has been found in the mounds; but, as stated, this bird is found in Southern Mexico. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 The monks say that it makes the sign of the cross upon the water; and this popular belief has obtained for the toucan, from the creoles, the singular name of diostede.* Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 All the toucanets feed on the same trees on which the toucan feeds, and every species of this family of enormous bill lays its eggs in the hollow trees. Wanderings in South America He could not hear anything save the odd chattering of a toucan aroused by the light she had switched on. The Titan Now, ring for that very nervous person, with side-whiskers; and tell him I want my maid, and my room, and I want to know where they have put my toucan. The Rosary The long beak of the toucan stood out against the golden clusters of the "quiriris," and the treepeckers or woodpeckers of Brazil wagged their little heads, speckled all over with their purple spots. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Henpecked?—well, toucans and flamingoes and pelicans all had their bills in him. The Four Million It is to these trees that the largest sort of toucan resorts. Wanderings in South America Then his voice,—such a voice! my sweet creature, It's like your Aunt Lucy's toucan: But oh! what's a tone or a feature, When once one's a talented man? The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 Many kinds of birds; parrots, toucans, and barbets, which live habitually in the forest, then visit the open places. The Naturalist on the River Amazons No satisfactory explanation has ever been offered of the immense size, and still less of the bright colours, of the toucan's beak. The Descent of Man Till within these few years no idea of the true colours of the bill could be formed from the stuffed toucans brought to Europe. Wanderings in South America Its topmost branch, when naked with age or dried by accident, is the favourite resort of the toucan. Wanderings in South America About eight years ago, while eating a boiled toucan, the thought struck me that the colours in the bill of a preserved specimen might be kept as bright as those in life. Wanderings in South America They recognised the portraits of the most striking birds and mammals which are found in their own country— the jaguar, howling monkeys, parrots, trogons, and toucans. The Naturalist on the River Amazons They come in well-fed condition, and are shot in such quantities that every family has the strange treat of stewed and roasted toucans daily for many weeks. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The ringleader enacted the part of the Tushaua, or chief, and carried a sceptre, richly decorated with the orange, red, and green feathers of toucans and parrots. The Naturalist on the River Amazons |
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