AULACORAMPHUsS ATROGULARIS.

Black-throated Groove-bill.

SPECIFIC CHaracrer.

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viridi, dein in ceerulescentem transeunte ; rectricibus octo ¢ntermediis macula cinnamomeé

terminatis.

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General plumage yeliowish green, becoming of a somewhat lighter hue on the under surface ;

throat and a small patch beneath the eye deep black, margined posteriorly with blue;

primaries brownish black, margined externally with green, the green occupying the base

only of the external web of the outer feather, and gradually increasing in extent on each

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 base white; the cutting edges of both mandibles
are also white; feet greenish lead-colour.

Male —Total length, 15 inches; bi//, 3+; wing, 5; tail, 54; tarsi, 14.

Female.—Total length, 13 inches ; bill, 2%; wing, 43; tail, 53 tarsi, 14.

Pteroglossus atrogularis, Sturm’s Edit. of Gould’s Mon. of Ramph. ee pl. —Gray and
Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. it. p. 404, Pteroglossus, sp. 29.

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

 

3 : 7 in P é 4 r are the localities inhabited by
Tue woods bordering the eastern sides of the Andes in Peru and Ecuado a
i hi iff : in the black colouring of its throat and in the
this fine species, which differs from all its congeners in the blz ee se cee
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strongly contrasted markings of its bill. It is a rare bird in the aN : ] ‘ a en
: ; 3 . > : F erby; and were als é
form part of the Royal Museum at Berlin, and in that of the late oF : e sh Amércaee arenes
: : ae F ss , hiladelphia in North ¢ a.
in the collection of Prince Massena at Paris, now removed to Philé ° 1 traveller Dr. Tschudi during
cimens from which my figures were taken were procured by the celebrated tr
his researches in Peru.
The figures are of the natural size.

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