NDIGENA BAILLONI

Saffron-coloured Hill Toucay
an,

SPECIFIC CHaracter

And. fronte, genis, guld, corporeque sub
i » Sens, SUld, corporeque subtus preter femora croceis
o ; 20) Opygvo coccineo.

Front and sides of the he: Ee

| head, cheeks, throat and andereneeea <a

a e.] ae ; ’r-surtace sattron-yellow : upr

wings, tail, and thighs yellowish olive : rump crimson yellow ; upper surface,
: son ;

* oe fe on the sides of
mediately in front of the orbit a broad mark of sides of the mandibles im-
JC c < OL

: . red gradually decreas}
ay ie : a Sit ua \ dec "eas te as
the middle of the bill; above and below the ry | k tl a
= V ed mark the mandibles are ne
blue ; their apical halves are greenish horn-colour, fadine ; sles are pale greenish
« oa 5 U ading into white o :
orbits red ; irides le a on : S ite on the serratures :
s red ; irides lemon-yellow ; feet greyish green. with Se eS
.  ..,- é Sy a oe ellowish soles: nails
Total length, 154 inches; bil, $1; wing, 5+ tail. 7! % ish soles; nails black.
oe Mare a) taal, (a3 COTS Nee
L Aragari Baillon, Levaill. Hist. Nat. des Ois. de Parad.. tom. i a
Bee et i eae -i, p. 44. pl. xviii.
Ramphastos Bailloni, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat... tom
a st. Nat., | Say. p. 289 be Bae
Méth. Orn., part iii. p. 1431. - Ency,
Pteroglossus Bailloni, Wael. Sy
5 s Bailloni, Wagl. Syst. Av., Pteroglossus, sp. 7.—Gould, Mon. of Ramph. pl
—Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Bj ‘ : oe ramp ane
€ @ ee tt vel a p. 403, Pteroglossus, sp. 10.—Bonap
onsp. Gen. Av 4 a : S se a
nsp. Gen. Av., p. 94, Pteroglossus, sp. 11.—Less. Traité d’Orn., p. 176, Pte
glossus, sp. 7. JYn., p. 1/0, ero-

croceus, Jard. & Selb. Ill. Orn.. vol. i. pl. vi.

 

Mosr of the travellers w ee ee eee
ae _, ae oe ae . their naive fonests tee of the bril-
SEHOP bodies, some being ge ny ot er ne a ee Me Ss OF estou:
pares, some being red, others blue, &c. As these colours fade immediately after death, the
a E - countries can have no idea, from the condition in which the specimens reach him,
ae gay and brilliant hues which adorned them while living ; and it is wi 0 li study, research <
trouble, that I have been enabled in this Second Edition to re ae A 2 i. _ - a ae a
Secc present the denuded parts of these fine birds
tapectly. In no instance do these colours fade so entirely as in the species here represented ; so great
in fact is the difference of appearance between the living bird and the specimens in our Mnceumenaat
mare we not aware of the changes that take place after death we should be very sceptical as to their being
identical. The intensity of the colouring in the living bird also varies, being sometimes much greater then
at others ; this may be due to the peculiar state of the bird’s health, but it is probable that it is most
For a knowledge of the colouring of the soft parts of
this species I am indebted to the kindness of the late Mr. John Natterer, who, when passing through
in the Brazils, obligingly furnished me

brilliant during the pairing and breeding-season.

London on his return to Vienna, after a residence of eighteen years
with drawings and full particulars as to the colouring of this and severa

As this bird is not characterized by the black head and throat and by the transverse bars on t
which are to be found in all the true Pterog/ossi, and as its under surface is clothed with a hair-like plumage

of a uniform tint like the members of the genus dadigena, [have, although it is a lowland species, considered
its most natural situation to be in that division of the family. Its true habitat is the southern portion of
who killed it on the high trees in the dense

Brazil, over which it is rather widely diffused : Mr. Natterer,

woods near Antonio Dias, on the 9th of November 1822, states that it was then beginning to moult, that it
1e examined contained berries.
form of the bill, or there
1 attenuated, while in othe

] other species of the Ramphastide.
he breast,

all

lives in pairs, and that the stomachs of those |

exists two very distinct local
rs it is short, deep and
I should be inclined to
le, which will be

ountry of the

Hither the sexes differ very considerably in the
varieties ; some individuals having the bill narrow anc
swollen. Could I detect any difference whatever in the colouring of the ]
regard them as two species, but at present must ¢ If with the remark above mat

suffic] : : : : “iting the native c
ufficient to call the attention of naturalists and trave visiting :

plumage,

ontent myse
llers, who may be

bird, to the subject.
The Plate represents the bird of the natural size.

 
 
  
  
   
    
   
  
  
  
    
 

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