PTEROGLOSUS sulcatiis, 

 Grooved-hill Aracari. 



Generic Character. 



Ro$t7'iim capife hnglus, crassuin, inane, cultratum, hasali margine incrassatutn, 

 maxillce angulo frontali obtuso ; tomia serrata : nares supere inmaxilles 

 basi : lingua angusta, pennacea. Cauda elongata, cuneata. Pedes scan- 

 sorii. lUiger. Prod. p. 202. 



Typus Genericus Hamph. Aracari Linn. 



Bill longer than the head, thick, light, curved, thickened at the basal mar- 

 gin, the frontal angle obtuse, the margins serrated. Nostrils nearly 

 vertical, situated on the base of the bill. Tongue long, slender, fea- 

 thered. Tail elongated, cuneated. Feet scansorial. 

 Generic Type Aracari Toucan Lath. 



Specific Character. 



P. viridis, subtus palUdior ; jugulo albescente, circa oculos ccemkus ; rostrum 

 dnobus sukis longitudinalibus incisum. 



Green Aracari, beneath paler; throat whitish, round the orbits blue ; bill 



with two lateral longitudinal grooves. 

 P. sulcatus. Svxiinson, in Journal of Koyal Institution, vol. 9. p. 267. 



All those species of the Linnosan Toucans having a long 

 wedge-shaped tail, and the nostrils passing through the upper 

 part of the bill, are comprehended by lUiger and other conti- 

 nental writers under this genus. They have been called by the 

 French Aracari ; which name I have retained as an English ge- 

 neric distinction. They inhabit the same country and situations 

 as the real Toucans, which are distinguished by having a short, 

 broad, and even tail, and the nostrils placed behind the bill. 



A fine example of this very rare bird 1 first met with in the 

 'omall collection sent to my excellent friend, E. Falkener, Esq. 

 Irom the Spanish Main. I have since noticed another which 

 was in Mr. Bullock's museum, and is now in tiie possession ot 

 Lord Stanley : these are the only two specimens know n. 

 Pi. -11. 



