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Mas. Sel. rostro nigro, basin versus in

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Fem. Cervice castaned ; jugulo pectoreque cinereo, viridi-

Male.—Crown of the head, back of the necl

Tuts species inhabits Cayenne and the whole of the low fluviati
from its embouchure to Barra on the Rio !
slight degree from the typical specie
structure, in which it is very similar ; the ¢
in lieu of the nuchal crescent of yellow observable in t
chestnut, and instead of the usual lively chestnut col

said to feed principally on peppers,

SELENIDERA PIPERIVORA

Culik Toucanet.

SPECIFIC CHaracrer.

rubrum transeunte ;
corpore superiore olivaceo-viridi.

lavatis.

x, throat and breast glossy black ;

ear-coverts and
crescent-shaped mark at the base of the neck bel

‘i und rich orange-yellow ; upper surface
deep oil-green ; wings and tail deep green, the feathers of the latter tipped with chestnut;
lower part of the abdomen olive-green, mixed with vy . :
P ve-green, mixed with yellow ; thighs mingled chestnut and
green ; under tail-coverts blood-red; basal fourth of the upper and basal half of the lower
mandible red, the remainder black, a few of the serrations near the gape white; orbits
27's : ; 5 5 s
beautiful green, with a streak of 2 Se GDC Re
au green, with a streak of blue on their upper margin ; irides red; legs green.

Total length, 13: inches ; bill, 3; wing, 4+; tail, 44; tarsi, 14.
Female.—Crown of the head black; back of the neck chestnut; throat and chest grey,

washed with green; under surface yellowish olive ; thighs brownish olive; the other
parts as in the male.

Ramphastos piperworus, Linn. Syst. Nat., tom. i. p. 150.—Gmel. Edit., vol. i. p. 353.—Bor.
Nat., tom. ii. p.92.—Lath. Ind. Orn., tom. i. p. 138. —Vieill. Ency. Méth. Orn.,
part mi. p. 1433.

Tucana Cayanensis torquata, Briss. Orn., tom. iy. p. 429. pl. xxxii. fig. 2—Ib. 8vo, tom. ii.
p- 163.

Koulik, Buff. Hist. Nat. des Ois., tom. vii. p. 128.

Toucan a collier de Catenne, Buff. Pl. Enl., 577, male.

Toucan a ventre gris, Ib., 729, female.

Green Toucan, Edw. Glean., pl. 330.

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Piperine Toucan, Lath. Gen. Syn., tom. 1. p. 334,—Id. Supp., p. 67.—Shaw, Gen. Zool.,
vol. viii. p. 372.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. i. p. 291.

Pteroglossus Culik, Wagl. Syst. Av., Pteroglosus, sp. 10.—Gould, Mon. of Ramph., pl. 27.

DL Aragari Koulik de la Guyane, Levaill. Hist. Nat. des Ois. de Parad., tom. 11. pp. 35, 37.
pls. xin. xiv.

Pteroglossus piperivorus, Sturm’s Edit. of Gould’s Mon. of Ramph., pl. —Gray and

Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. ii. p. 404, Pteroglossus, sp. D4.

Selenidera piperivorus, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., p. 95, Selenedera, sp. 6.

 

 

le countries bordering the river Amazon,
Negro, whence I have received specimens. It differs in some
2 . . . . .

however, in its colouring than in its

f ; s Selenidera ; more
s of the genus Selenidera ; ; 7 ' a
principally in the female, which

lifference in the colouring too 1s
he females of the other speci
has that part greyish green.

es, has a broad band of

ouring of the under surface, ;

| ; sulik, fr yeculiarity of its cry, and 1s
This bird is known in the countries it inhabits by the name of Culik, from the I E E yee
which induced Linneeus to give it the specific name of pi

The Plate represents the two sexes of the natural size.

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