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Beyond the first 3 stars at the point of the Toucan's Beak there is a jump in time to his Eye, to the solitary γ, to hakaariki - which, according to Hevelius, possibly could be the source from where the right foot of the Crane (Grus) is rising:

Saad Balaa 12 13 Saad Al Saud 1 2 (300) 3
March 9 10 (70) 11 12 13
Ca13-11 (354) Ca13-12 Ca13-13 Ca13-14 Ca13-15
e toru gagata, tuhuga nui, tuhuga roa, tuhuga marakapa (Jaussen: kapa chant) - ma te hokohuki te tapamea - te kihikihi te vaha erua - te maro tagata kara te roturotu - te maro ka pu te niu - mai tae huki hia ka pu te niu
χ Aquarii (352.6), γ Tucanae (352.8), ο Cephei (353.3) Kerb (353.6) υ Pegasi (354.9) no star listed ι Phoenicis (357.3)
September 9 10 11 12 13 (256)
Alterf 11 12 13 Dschuba 1 2 (120)
κ Crateris (172.5) no star listed ο¹ Centauri (173.8), ξ Hydrae (174.3) ο² Centauri, λ Centauri (174.8), θ Crateris (175.0), ω Virginis (175.3), ι Crateris (175.5  ο Hydrae (176

The 'eye' is the last Toucan star in line Ca13. Then follows η and ε on the threshold to 0h:

Saad Al Saud 9 10 11 12 (310) 13
March 19 20 21 (81) 22 23 (448)
*Ca14-1 *Ca14-2 *Ca14-3 *Ca14-4 *Ca14-5 (368)
Kua tupu te ata i te henua
η Tucanae (363.0), ψ Pegasi (363.1), π Phoenicis (363.4) ε Tucanae (363.6), τ Phoenicis (363.9) 0h ε Phoenicis (0.8) Algenib Pegasi (1.8), χ Pegasi (2.1)
Caph, Sirrah (0.5)
September 19 20 21 22 (265) 23
Dschuba 8 9 10 (128) 11 12
ο Virginis (182.1) 12h (182.6) Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9), Gienah (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2) Zaniah (185.9), Chang Sha (186.3)
Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1)

And below I have then correlated the rest of the Toucan stars with dates and glyphs:

Al Akhbia 1   2 3 (314) 4 5
March 24 (84) 25 (450) 26 27 28
*Ca14-6 *Ca14-7 *Ca14-8 *Ca14-9 (372) *Ca14-10
kua ruku te manu te kihikihi - te hoea te kihikihi - o te vai - te kihikihi te vero te henua
θ Andromedae (2.7), ζ Tucanae (3.5) π Tucanae (3.7) Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0) λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) no star listed
Alphard (450)
September 24 25 (268) 26 27 28
Dschuba 13 Azzubra 1 (132) 2 3 4 (500)
Intrometida (187.4), Acrux (187.5) γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5)  Gacrux (188.7), γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5) Kraz (189.7), α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5) χ Virginis (190.7), ρ Virginis (191.4), Porrima, γ Centauri (191.5)
Saad Al Akhbia 6 7 8 9 (320) 10
March 29 30 31 (456) April 1 2 (93)
*Ca14-11 *Ca14-12 *Ca14-13 *Ca14-14 *Ca14-15 (378)
te heke te kihikihi o te henua - kua haga hia kua pua te vero
Delta (8.4) Schedir (8.6), μ Phoenicis (8.9), ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1),  Deneb Kaitos, η Phoenicis (9.4) no star listed Achird (10.7), ρ Phoenicis (11.2) Cih, λ Tucanae (12.4)
September 29 30 (273) October 1 2 (640) 3
Azzubra 5 (136) 6 7 8 9
β Muscae (192.5)  Mimosa (192.9) ψ Virginis (194.5) Alioth (194.8), Minelauva (195.1), Cor Caroli (195.3) δ Muscae (196.5)
Saad Al Akhbia 13 Almuqaddam 1 (325) 2 3
April 5 6 7 8 (464)
*Ca14-18 *Ca14-19 *Ca14-20 *Ca14-21 (384)
1h (15.2) υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis (15.7),  Mirach (16.0), Anunitum (16.5) Revati (16.9), ν Phoenicis (17.4) κ Tucanae (17.6)
β Phoenicis (15.1)
Regulus (461)
October 6 7 (280) 8 9
Azzubra 12 13 Assarfa 1 2 (146)
Diadem (198.9), Al Dafīrah (199.4) σ Virginis (200.4) ι Centauri (201.4) Mizar (202.4)

The last part of Toucan (κ) marked the day when 13 synodic lunar months ended, visualized with a break in the glyph in order to indicate the middle of the day (where 383½ = 13 * 29½).

Next should follow Achernar at the beginning of Eridanus. But in my κ table I need a star which comes slightly earlier:

Tejat Prior (η Gemini) 0.2 κ Aurigae (93.6)
...
    κ Velorum (141.5)
    κ Leonis (141.6)
...
η Sagittarii 0.6 κ Lyrae (277.5)
Gredi (α Capricorni) 0.9 κ Sagittarii (308.1)
Bunda (ξ Aquarii) 1.2 κ Capricorni (328.7)
    κ Aquarii (342.7)
Revati (ζ Piscium) 0.7 κ Tucanae (17.6)
20 Purva Ashadha δ and ε Sagittarii Elephant tusk, fan, winnowing basket
21 Uttara Ashadha ζ and σ Sagittarii Elephant tusk, small bed
22 Abhijit α, ε, and ζ Lyrae -
23 Sravana α, β, and γ Aquilae Ear or Three Footprints
24 Dhanishta α - δ Delphini Drum or flute
25 Shatabisha γ Aquarii Empty circle, 1000 flowers or stars
26 Purva Bhādrapadā α and β Pegasi Swords or two front legs of funeral cot, man with two faces
27 Uttara Bhādrapadā γ Pegasi and α Andromedae Twins, back legs of funeral cot, snake in the water
28 Revati ζ Piscium Fish or a pair of fish, drum