PTEROGLOSSUS viridis, 

 Green Aracari, (male.) 



Generic Character. — See PI. 44. 



Specific Chahacter. 

 P. nigro virescens ; capite jugiiloque nigris, firmina: castaneis; cor pore 

 flavo; rostro serrate, tomiis albis, mandibuld superior e aurantiacd, 

 lined longitudinali, laterali, media, nigrd, mandibuld inferiore 

 cceniled. 



Blackish green ; head and neck black (in the female chesnut), body 

 yellow ; bill toothed, the margins white, upper mandible orange, 

 with a black longitudinal line ; lower mandible blue. 



Ramphastos viridis. Linn. Ginelin, 1. p. 353. Lath.Ind. Orn. 1. 138. 

 Gen. Zoul. 8. 2. p. 370. 



Green Toucan. Lath. Syn. 1. 331. 



Tucana Cayanensis viridis. Briss. Ois. 4. 423. pi. 33. f. 1. /(/. Orn. 

 2. 162. PL Enl. 121. mas. 728. fwm. 



1 HIS is a common bird, known to the older ornithologists ; 

 but here introduced, for the purpose of representing the vivid 

 colours which ornament the bill of the live bird : the figures 

 likewise above referred to are so very loosely drawn, that a 

 more correct representation of the species appeared desirable. 

 A remarkable character pervades all the Aracaris, (with the 

 exception of P. sulcatus, pi. 44,) the head and throat being 

 black in the male, and chesnut or grey in the female birds ; 

 the bills also of the latter are always the smallest ; that of 

 the Green Aracari is larger, thicker, and more curved than 

 in any other species ; the serratures strong and unequal ; the 

 top, and upper half of the superior mandible, pure yellow ; 

 the lower half orange ; these colours being divided by a 

 slender isolated black line ; the under mandible blue, with 

 the base rosy ; its general plumage bears a resemblance to 

 several other species. Dr. Latham says the orbits are yellow ; 

 this, however, is a mistake, for both the orbits and irides are 

 grass-green ; this writer likewise refers to Edwards, pi. 329, 

 for this bird ; which plate, in fact, represents a Toucan, and 

 is that bird which I have described and figured under the 

 name of R. carinatus, pi. 45. 



I believe this species is confined to the northern parts of 

 South America. Mr. Charles Edmonston brought home fine 

 specimens from Demerara ; they were preserved with so much 

 skill, that the colours of the bill almost retained their primi- 

 tive brightness ; Le Vaillant, I believe, has figured this bird ; 

 but I have not, at this time, access to his valuable book. 



PI. 169. 



