4»j0 birds of BRITISH GUIAXA. 



ErtraVimxtal Range. Cayenne (Linne), North Brazil. 



Ilahifs. Schomburcrk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 720) tliat he 

 found this bird common near the Kanuku Mountains, wliere it 

 ■was usually met with in pairs or in small flocks. It nested in holes 

 in trees and its habits were similar to those o£ the other species 

 of Toucans. The "Warraus" called it YaJd and the "Macusis*' 

 Karajari. 



Genu. SELENIDERA Gould. 



Selenidera Grould, Icon. Av. pt. i. text to pi. 7, 1837. Type .S'. (jouldi 

 Natterer. 



This genus is distinguished by having a shorter bill, the nostrils 

 rounded, the ridge of the culmen narrow and keeled, and the 

 sexes different in colour. 



Key to the iSpecies. 



A. Culmen from anterior portion of nostril to 



the tip of the bill more than 55 mm. ; 

 bill for the most part uniform black ; tail 



broadly tipped with chestnut *S'. culik, S , p- 460. 



a. Crown of head black ; throat, breast, 



and abdomen grey 8. ciiUJc, 2 : P- 460. 



B. Culmen from anterioi* portion of nostril to 



the tip of the bill less than 55 mm. ; bill 

 particoloured ; tail narrowly tipped with 



chestnut -S'. nattereri, J , p. 461. 



h. Crown of head rufous like the throat, 



breast, and abdomen «S'. nattereri, 2 , p. 461. 



315. Selenidera culik. 

 Guiana Toucanet. 



Pteroglossus culik Wagler. Syst. Av. Pteroylossus sp. 10, 1827 



(Cayenne). 

 PteroglosHus piperi varus fnec Linn.), Cab. in Scbomb. Keis. Guian. iii. 



p. 721, no. 252, 1848 (Canuku Mts.j. 

 ? Pterof/lossus inscriptus Cab. torn. cit. p. 721, no. 253 ('Canuku Mts.). 

 "t Pteroglossus pjluricincttis Cab. torn. cit. p. 721, no. 254. 

 Selenidera piperitora Tnec Linn.), Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 66 (Bartica 



Grove, Camacusa, Mei-ume Mts.. Kiver Atapiu^u) ; Sclater, Cat. B. 



Brit. Mus. xix. p. 152, 1891 (Demerai-a). 

 Selenidera culik Braboui'ne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 159, no. 1659, 



1912. 



Adult male. Back, wings, and tail dark green ; tips of tail- 

 feathers chestnut : top of head, neck all round, throat, breast, and 



