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PTEROGLOSSUS REINWARDTII, Wag

Reinwardt’s Aracari.

Specific CHARACTER.
Pter. rostri dimidio basali: sordideé rufescenti-aurantiaco, culmine apiceque nigrescenti-brunneis :
capite, collo, gula, guttureque nigris ; regione narotica fascia h no OCI.
Lprte, 8 » gu gq 12 3 2 L sciaque nucham cingente auruntiaces,
hac pallidiore ; dorso saturate olivaceo-viridi brunneo tincto ; lateribus aurantiacis castaneo
tinctis ; caude tectrictbus inferioribus coccineis ; remgibus nigrescenti-brunneis 3 rectricibus
quatuor imtermediis castaneo spiculatis ; orbite pedesque veridescenti-plumbei.

Bill dull reddish orange for the basal half of its length, the culmen and up blackish brown;

head, neck, throat, and chest black; ear-coverts bright orange ; a semilunar band sur-

rounds the nape of the same colour, but somewhat lighter; whole of the remaining parts
of the upper surface dark olive green tinged with brown; quills blackish brown ; four
middle tail-feathers slightly tipped with chestnut brown ; flanks deep orange, unged with
chestnut ; thighs light brown ; under tail-coverts crimson ; feet and naked skin round the
eyes greenish lead colour.

Total length, 12 to 13 inches ; bell, 2: ; wings, 5; tatl, 5%; tarsi, 12.

Pteroglossus Reinwardtii, Wagler, Syst. Aviam.

Gould, Proceedings of Zool. Soc., Part III.

 

 

Tue individual from which the accompanying figure was taken is in the Royal Museum at Munich, and is, I
believe, the only specimen in the collections of Europe.

I candidly own that before I had the opportunity of inspecting it I entertained some doubts as to its real
specific value, the description given by Wagler having induced me to suspect it might be only a variety or
an immature specimen of Pter. Kulik ; it will be evident, however, on comparing the present Plate with that
of Pter. Kulik that my suspicions were unfounded, the bird under consideration having marks which will at
once prove it to be a distinct species. At present nothing further can be said respecting its history than that
it is a native of Brazil, a country constantly calling forth our admiration by the frequent receipt of new and
beautiful productions.

I have coloured the bill as it appeared in the specimen from which the drawing was taken, yet there is
every reason to suppose that this organ was of a much brighter hue.

It appears to be more nearly allied to Pter. Nattereri than to any other; yet, upon comparing the two, it

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and the ear-coverts being entirely orange, while in several specimens of Pter. Nattereri which I had the

will be found to present good distinguishing characteristics, the bill being different in its form and markings,

opportunity of examining, the same parts were pale lemon yellow, with a slight tinge of brown at the lower
extremity ; the semilunar mark on the back and the flanks also differ considerably. In the present species
the four middle tail-feathers are tipped with brown, while in Pter. Nattereri six have this mark.