152 



RHAMPHASTTD^. 



whole length 12-5 inches, wing 5, tail 4-5, bill from gape 2-3. 

 Female similar, but head and body beneath chestnut instead of 

 black. 



Hah. British Guiana and Lower Amazonia. 



The markings on the bill distinguish this species from S. rein- 

 wardti. 



a. 2 ad. st. 

 h,c. c? $ ad. sk. 



d. (S ad. sk. 



e. S ad. sk. 



Lower Amazons. 

 Brit. Guiana {Schomhurgk). 

 Oyapok, Cayenne. 

 Oyapok, Cayenne. 



Purchased. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



6. Selenidera piperivora. 



Ramphastos piperivorus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 150 ; 6'wi. S. N. 1. p. 353 ; 



Lath. Lid, Orn. i. p. 138. 

 Pteroglossus culik, War/l. Si/st. Av. sp. 10 ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1884, 



p. 78; id. 3Ion. Ramph. ed. l,pl. 27. 

 Pteroglossus piperivorus, Sturm, Mem. Ramph. pt. iv. pi. 5. 

 Selenidera piperivora, Bj). Cons]). i. p. 95 ; Gould, Mon. Ltamph. 



ed. 2, pi. 36 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. ]>. 327 ; C'assin, Pr. Ac. Se. Phil. 



1867, p. 117; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 239; Sd. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 109 ; Salv. Ibis, 1886, p. 66 (Brit. Guiana). 

 Toucan a collier de Cayenne, Daub. Pi. Enl. 577 ( <S ). 

 Toucan a ventre gris de Cayenne, Daub. PL Enl. 729 ( $ ). 

 L'Aracari Koulik, Levaill. Ois. de Par. pp. 35,37, pis. 13, 14. 



Above dark green : cap and nape black, bordered by a yellow 

 nuchal baud ; tail-end chestnut ; stripe behind eye yellow : beneath 

 from chin to middle of belly black ; lower belly and flanks green 

 washed with yellow ; thighs chestnut ; crissum scarlet ; bill mostly 

 black with a reddish base, which is more or less varied by trans- 

 verse black markings on the upper mandible : whole length 13 

 inches, wing 4-8, tail 4*2, bill from gape 3. Female similar, but 

 black of cap bordered by a broad nuchal collar of dark chestnut, 

 and body beneath grejish green instead of black. 



Ilab. Guiana and Lower Amazonia. 



