Ramphastos osculans. Osculant Toucan Ramphastos osculans

by John Gould

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First edition

A fine image from the first edition of John Gould's 'A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans'. The toucan family is limited to Mexico, Central and South America and some West Indian islands. The first time that any member of the family was described was by Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes in his de la natural hystoria de las Indias Toledo, 1526, chapter 42 , in 1555 Pierre Belon included an illustration of its beak in his L'Histoire de la nature des

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