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Family Ramphastidae 



Carotids B-4-s; type A coracoid artery; thoracic artery varies 

 (see list of species below) ; ligamentum botalli may be present or 

 absent; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise separately from the 

 common carotid arteries; accessory oesophageal artery arises as a 

 branch of the left carotid, left superficial cervical, or near the base of 

 the left vertebral artery. 



Species sttjdied 



By Garrod 



Ramphastos ariel= Ramphastos vitel- 



linus ariel Vigors 

 Ramphastos carinatus= 1 Ramphastos 



sulfuratus Lesson 

 Ramphastos cuvieri Wagler 



By Glenny 



Aulacorhynchus sulcatus (Swainson) (2) 



(Type 4 thoracic) 

 Pteroglossus torquatus (Gmelin) 



3 thoracic) 



(Type 



Pteroglossus torquatus frantzii Cabanig 



(Type 3 thoracic) 

 Selenidera spedabilis Cassin (Type 3 



thoracic) 

 Ramphastos sulfuratus brevicarinatus 



Gould (2) (Type 1 thoracic) 

 Ramphastos cuvieri Wagler (Type 1 or 



2 thoracic) 

 Ramphastos tucanus Linne (Type 2 



thoracic) 

 Ramphastos toco P. L. S. Miiller (Type 



2 thoracic) 



Family Picidae 



Carotids B-4-s, except for a specimen of Piculus rubiginosus 

 (B-3a-d); type A coracoid; type 3 thoracic artery; presence of a 

 ligamentum botalli variable; origin of vertebrals and superficial 

 cervicals variable, but are usually in close association; an accessory 

 oesophageal artery arises as a branch of the left carotid, or from the 

 left superficial cervical artery; in several species, a pair of vessels 

 supplying the trachea and syrinx arises as a branch from the common 

 carotid artery near its base. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Jynx torquilla Linn6 



Chloronerpes y^icatanensis— Piculus rubi- 

 ginosus yucatanensis (Cabot) 



Gecinus viridis= Gecvnulus viridis Blyth 



Mulleripicus fulvus (Quoy and Gaimard) 



Tiga javensis= Dryocopus javensis (Hors- 

 field) 



Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson) 



Leuconerpes candidus (Otto) 



Picus major = Dendrocopos major (Linn6) 



Picus minor= Dencrocopos minor (Linn6) 



PiccHdes tridactylus (Linn6) 



Bj' Glenny 



Picumnus pumilus Cabanis and Heine 

 Picumnus cirratus pilcomayensis Hargitt 



Picumnus squamulatus rohli Zimmer 



and Phelps 

 Nesoctites micromegas (Sundevall) 

 Colaptes cafer collaris Vigors 

 Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs 

 Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus Grund- 



lach 

 Colaptes pitius (Molina) 

 Colaptes campestris campestroides (Mal- 



herbe) 

 Nesoceleus fernandinae (Vigors) 

 Chrysoptilus melanochloros nigroviridis 



C. Grant 

 Piculus rubiginosus (Swainson) (B-3a-d) 

 Piculus rubiginosus tucumanus (Cabanis) 

 Piculus flavigula (Boddaert) 

 Piculus chrysochloros (Vieillot) 



