SELENIDERA, 4G1 



upper abdomen olossy l)]ack ; ear-coveits yellow; a collar round 

 the hind-neck golden-yellow; lower abdomen green intermixed 

 with yellow; under tail-coverts bright red; thighs chestnut; 

 under wing-coverts whitish. 



Total length 335 mm., bill from gape 16, wing 120, tail 104, 

 tarsus 33. 



The male described was collected on the Ituribisi River. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in the absence of the 

 glossv black throat and breast, and in having a broad chestnut 

 nuchal collar ; throat, breast, and sides of neck grey. AVing 

 114 mm. 



I^reedinfi-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JVest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



J^aas. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Ituribisi River, Supenaam River 

 (McConnell collection); Kanuku ^I ountams (^Schomhuri/k) ; Bartica, 

 Kamakusa, Merume Mountains, Kamarang River [Whiteli/) . 



Extralimital Range. North-east Brazil. 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 721, no. 252) 

 that he found this bird common in the Kanuku Mountains, where it 

 was met with in small companies. Its habits are the same as those 

 of the other species of Toucans. The " Macusis " call it I'aripari. 



Schomburgk also states (Reis. Guiana, iii. p. 721, no. 253) that 

 this bird lives, as the preceding species [ = S. culik), in small flocks 

 on the Kanuku ^Mountains. 



Schomburgk also remarks (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 721, no. 254) 

 that the mode of life of this species is the same as that of the 

 preceding ( = <S'. culil:). 



31G. Selenidera nattereri. 

 Natterer's Toucanet. 



Pteroglossus nattereri Gould, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 157 ("Brasilia"); Cab. 



in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 721, no. 255, 1848. 

 Selenidera nattereri Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 0(5; Sclator, Cat. B. Brit. 



Mus. xix. p. 151, 1SJ)1 ( British Guiana) ; Brabourne «fc Chubb, H. S. 



Amer. i. p. 159, no. 15(3S, 1912. 

 "? Pti roffloHHUx hitorquatus Cab. in Sclionib. Beis. Guian. iii. p. 721, 



no. 250, 1848 (Canukii Mts.j. 



Adult male. Head, hind-neck, throat, breast, and middle of 

 abdomen glossy black ; back, wings, and tail yellowish olive-green ; 

 a vclhjw, or orango collar on ili«' lowor hiinl-nock. Iik(^ the clu^oks 



