PTEROGLOSSUS MARI AL, Gould.

Duchess of Leuchtenberg’s Aracari.

Specreic CHaracter.

Pter. mandibula supervore pallide stramineo-flava unecolore, maculis ad tomias nigris ; imferiore

ochraceo-flavo unicolore.

Crown of the head black ; nape, upper part of the back and rump very deep blood-red ;_ back,
wings and tail dark olive-green ; primaries black, edged with dark olive-green ; cheeks and
throat chocolate, bordered below by a narrow line of black, beyond which is a broad
crescentic band of rich blood-red, succeeded by astill broader band of dull black ; remainder
of the under surface pale yellow, stained with blood-red immediately behind the black
band, particularly on the sides ; under surface of the wings pale yellow; thighs dark olive ;
upper mandible straw-yellow, with a narrow interrupted streak of black along the denti-
culations ; under mandible uniform ochreous-yellow ; at the base of both mandibles a narrow
raised band of pale yellow; irides crimson; orbits deep blood-red, with a ring of cobalt-
blue next the pupil; legs and feet olive-green.

Total length, 14 inches; dr//, 3;

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Tue Banded Aracaris are some of the most striking and beautiful of the forest birds inhabiting the borders
of the River Amazon. They constitute a little group unequalled among the Toucans for the grace and
elegance of their form, and ane distinguished above all others by the rich polonnine of thei under surface,
with the curl-crested species at their head as the largest, and the oe diminutive one at the other
extremity. As the name Beauharnasius, in honour of the late Duke of Leuchtenberg, has 5 been asso-
ciated eth this group as the specific appellation of the former, [have Ee it not ee seni
the smaller species in honour of the widow of a prince distinguished for his love and support of science,
and whose premature death all naturalists must deplore.
The native habitat of this species is the woods clothing t ee
specimens have been sent by Mr. Hawkswell ; all of which gon precisely oa both “ oe mn . ee
The species to which the present bird is most nearly allied is the LEE UE but it di ae | i
ig of the upper mandible, in which there is no ee of the orange mark
; 1 the lower mandible being wholly ochraceous,

he sides of the Lower Amazon, whence numerous

smaller size, in the uniform colour

beneath the nostrils so observable in that species, and 11
along the side only.

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The sexes appear to be precisely alike in colour, and it 1s ot

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