AULACORAMPHUS CASTANEORHYN CHUS,

Chestnut-billed Groove-bill.

Gould.

SPECIFIC ¢ HARACTER.

Aul. rostro castaneo-rubro ; mandibula inferiore in medio, et culmine nisi ad basin nicro undu-
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latis; vitta basalt straminea ; uropygio coccineo; corpore subtis viridi ; pectore cceruleo

tincto ; caude rectricihbus quatuor intermediis ad apicem late castaneis.

Crown of the head and upper surface brownish green; wings dark green; rump crimson ;
four middle tail-feathers deep bluish green, largely tipped with chestnut-brown, the re-
mainder green ; all the under surface green, stained across the breast with light blue ; bill
chestnut-red, becoming paler towards the point, clouded with black on the middle of the
lower mandible and along the culmen, except at the base : at the base of the bill is a band
of straw-white, which increases in breadth as it proceeds downwards.

Total length, 19 inches; bz//, 42; wing, 54; tal, Tz; tarsi, 1%.

Pteroglossus (Aulacorhynchus) castaneorhynchus, Gould in Ann. & Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. ix.

p. 238.

 

generic term of Aulacorhynchus has been applied, the present

Or the grass-green Toucans to which the
awn from specimens in my

species is by far the largest yet discovered. The accompanying figures were dr Be
ich are s > collection for ] ate Earl o

own possession, which are somewhat smaller than those in the fine collection formed by the lat foal)

llied to A. hematopygius, but the diminutive size

Derby. The Aulacorhynchus castaneorhynchus is nearly a pl
al half of its bill, indicates its specific di-

of the latter, together with the darker colouring of the apic

stinctness. |
spnecime 7 ng’
, all the specimens I have seen having

add that nothing more 1s known

The present species appears to be strictly an Andean species
been sent to Europe in collections from Santa Fé de Bogota. J regret to
respecting it.

The figures are of the natural size.

 
  
 
  
     
  
   
      
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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