AULACORAMPHUS ATROGULARIS

Black-throated Groove-bill.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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geoeral plumage yellowish green, becoming of a somewhat lighter hue on the under surface
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throat and a small patch bene: » eve dee ack. marey
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rimaries brownish black, margined externally with cree vi
p <, margined externally with green, the green occupying the hase
only of the external web of the outer feather, and gradually increasing in extent on each
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of the succeeding feathers as they approach the body; green of the tail passing into blue
near the tip; under tail-coverts and the tips of the tail-feathers chestnut; upper mandible
yellow, with a narrow line of black across the base, and another narrow line of black
near the cutting edge, the two lines united near the gape by a triangular mark of black ;
raised ridge at the base of upper mandible yellow ; under mandible black, except at point,
which is yellow; the raised ridge at its hase white; the cutting edges of both mandibles
are also white; feet greenish lead-colour.
Male—Total length, 15 inches; bell, 31; wing, 5; tail, 52; tarst, 12.
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Female.—Total length, 13 inches ; bell, 25; wing, 4°; tail, 53; tars, 1s.

Pteroglossus atrogularis, Sturm’s Edit. of Gould’s Mon. of Ramph. p._ - pl. .—Gray and

Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. ii. p. 404, Pteroglossus, sp. 29.

Aulacoramphus atrigularis, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., p. 96, Aulacoramphus, sp. 7.

“) Peru and Ecuador are the localities inhabited by

of its throat and in the
but fine examples

Tue woods bordering the eastern sides of the Andes

the black colouring
strongly contrasted markings of its bill. It is a rare bird in the collections of Europe ;
form part of the Royal Museum at Berlin, and in that of the late Earl of Derby; and
in the collection of Prince Massena at Paris, now removed to Philadelphia in North

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cimens from which my figures were taken were procured by the celebrated travell

this fine species, which differs from all its congeners in
were also contained
America. The spe-

Dr. Tschudi during

his researches in Peru.

The figures are of the natural size.

  
 

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