PTER0GL0SSU5. 4.'i0 



tbis bird was fairly common iu British Guiana. It was found in the 

 ■woods, singly, in pairs, or in small companies, and on trees with 

 ripe fruit. TVhen a flock was disturbed the individuals dis; ersed in 

 pairs. It lived entirely on fruit, nested in holes in trees, and laid 

 two eggs. Its flesh was good for food. The natives often kept it 

 in confinement, when it became very tame. Its call was like the 

 word kulik-kulik. The ^'W'arraus" called it Teifari and the 

 " Macusis " Pa nipa ri. 



Mr. Beebe (Our Search for a Wilderness, p. 174) remarks : — 

 "In the evening on the stroke of seven, the first-comers would 

 arrive — a trio of Black-banded Aracaris which alight and preen 

 their feathers. These may remain quiet for about twenty minutes, 

 but more often take to flight at the approach of a screaming flock 

 of eight or ten Mealy Amazon Parrots which scatter over the 

 branches." 



314. Pteroglossus viridis. 



Gkeen Aracaei. 



Eamphastos viridis Linn. Syst. Xat. 12th ed. i. p. 150. 1766 ( Cayana). 

 Pteroglossus viridis Cab. in Schomb. Eeis. Giiian. iii. p. 720, 184S ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 18S6, p. 65 (Bartica Grove, Camacuja > ; Sclater. Cat. 



B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 147, 1S91 : Braboume k Chubb, B. S. Amer. 



i. p. 159, no. 1561, 1912. 



Adult male. Back, wings, and tail dark green ; short upper 

 tail-coverts red ; head, thropt, and neck all round glossv black ; 

 remainder of under surface straw- or suljdmr-vellow ; hinder 

 aspect of thighs green, front portion buff. '• Bill : upper mandible 

 orange-yellow with a longitudinal black line: lower mandible black 

 with a red basal line ; legs and toes olive-green, claws black." 



Total length 344 mm., bill from gape 81, wing 120, tail 110, 

 tarsus 29. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the head 

 and neck chestnut instead of black. Wing 118 mm. 



The male and female described were collected on the Ituribisi 

 River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Xest. It nests in holes in trees {ScJwmJnirqk). 



Kgtjs. irndescriboil from British Guiana. 



liiinne in British Guiana. Ituribi>i River [McConnell collection); 

 Kanuku Mountains (Schomburgk) ; Bariica, Kamaku-a (Whitehf). 



