PTEROGLOSSUS CULIK, Wagler.
Koulik Aracari.

Speciric CHARACTER.

Mas. Pter. rostro negro, basin versus in rubrum transeunte : olwvaceo-viridis, ventre castaneo
varegato ; capite, collo, pectoreque nigris ; auribus lunulaque dorsali flavis ; caudee tectricibus
enfertortbus cocciners ; rectricibus ad apices castaneis.

Fem. Lunulé dorsali nullé ; cervice sordide castaneé ; Jugulo pectoreque obscure ceruleo-canis,

Male. Beak black, gradually passing off into red at the base; naked space round the eye
and the tarsus dark lead colour; top of the head, occiput, throat, and breast black ;
ear-coverts and a crescent-shaped band on the top of the back yellow ; lower part of the
belly olive green mixed with chestnut; under tail-coverts scarlet; the whole of the upper
surface olive green, the tail-feathers being tipped with chestnut.

Female. Resembles the male in her general plumage, but wants the yellow semilunar band
on the top of the back ; has the back of the neck dull chestnut ; and the throat and breast
obscure lavender grey.

4,

Total length, 12 to 13 inches; Sel/, 23; wing, 4+; tail, 4+; tarsz, 14.

Green Toucan. Edw., vol. 3. pl. 330.
Toucan a collier de Caj. Buff., Pl. Enl. n. 577.
Ramphastos piperworus. Auct.
L Aragari Koultk de la Guyane. Leyaill., Ois. de Parad., vol. 2. p. 41. pl. 13.
Pteroglossus Culik. Wagler, Syst. Avium.
————— Reinwardti? Ibid.
Langsdorffix? Ibid.

Tue rich countries of Cayenne and Guiana are the native habitats of this interesting and elegant species of
Aragari, where, I am informed, it has obtained the name of Koulik, from the peculiarity of its cry. It appears
to be somewhat local in its distribution, as I have never received it either from Brazil or the Spanish Main.
It is a species easily distinguished from every other by a slight attention to the detail of its colouring, the male
being remarkable for his black breast and the semilunar band between the shoulders, and the female for the
chaste colouring of her breast and under parts.

Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana.