RAMPHASTIN^. 
young birds, and eggs, for which latter they will readily attack the nests of other birds. It is in the holes in trunks 
of ti-ees that the female deposits generally two eggs. These birds, when in a state of repose, resemble a round ball of 
feathers, as their head is usually placed over the shoulders, while the bill is entirely concealed beneath the feathers of 
the back and the greater wing coverts ; the tail is brought over the back, and their body is closely applied to the 
branch on which they are perched. 
1. R. erythrorhynchos Gmcl. Edwards's Birds, pi. 238., PI. enl. 
26'2., Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. t. 3, 4 Ramphastos Levaillantii 
Wagl. Gould, Monogr. pi. 3. 
2. R. Cuvieri Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 5., Gould, Monogr. pi. 2. 
3. ? R. Forsterorum Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 8., Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. 
t. 5. 
4.. R. culminatus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1833. p. 70., Monogr.pl. 1. 
5. R. tocard Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 281., Le 
Vaill. Ois. de Par. t. 9- — Ramphastos ambiguus Swains. Zool. 111. 
pi. l6"8. ; R. Swainsoni Gould, Monogr. pi. 8. ; R. eugnathos Wagl. 
6. R. piscivorus Linn. Edwards's Birds, pi. 64. 329- — Ram- 
phastos tucanus Shaw; R. carinatus Swains. Zool. 111. pi. 45. ; R. 
callorhynchus Wagl. Gould, Monogr. pi. 7. 
7. R. Toco Gmel. PI. enl. 82., Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. t. 2., Lath. 
Gen. Syn. pi. 9-, Gould, Monogr. pi. 6. 
8. .'' R. niveus Less. Compl. BufF. p. 184. 
9. R. vitellinus 111. Swains. Zool. 111. pi. 56., Le Vaill. Ois. de 
Par. t. 17., Gould, Monogr. pi. 9. 
10. R. Tucanus Linn. Pi. enl. 307. — Ramphastos Ariel Vigors, 
ZooL Journ. ii. 466. ; R. Temminckii Wagl. Gould, Monogr. pi. 10. 
11. R. dicolorus Gmel. PI. enl. 269., Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. t. 8. 
— Ramphastos Tucai Licht. ; R. chlororhynchos Temm. Swains. 
Zool. Ill.pl. 108., Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn.pl. 29., Gould, Monogr. 
pL 11. 
12. } R. maximus Cuv. Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. t. 6. — Ram- 
phastos erythrosoma Wagl. 
13. R. citreopygus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1835. p. 156., Monogr. pi. 
4. — Ramphastos sulfuratus Less. 
14. R. osculnns Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1835. p. 156., Monogr. pi. 5. 
15. R. citreolcBmus Go\x\A, Proc. Z. S. 1843. p. 147. 
16. ? R. picatns Linn. Albin's pi. 25. — Ramphastos Aldrovandi 
Shaw. 
Pteroglossus ///.* 
Bill generally prolonged, smooth, and broad at the base, with the ciilmen flattened at the base, 
rounded, and curved to the tip ; the sides compressed, and the lateral margins slightly dentated ; the 
nostrils basal, and pierced on the flattened surface of the culmen, exposed, and rounded. Wings short 
and rounded, with the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills the longest. Tail more or less lengthened and 
graduated. Tarsi the length of the outer anterior toe, and covered with broad scales. Toes with the 
outer pair the longest and equal, and the inner pair unequal and short ; the claws short and slightly 
curved. 
The birds that compose this genus are found in the same coimtries as those previously mentioned, and thoir habits 
and manners ai'e also similar. 
1. V. amcari (Linn.) 111. PI. enl. I66., Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. 
t. 10., Gould, Monogr. pi. 12. 
2. P. castanotis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1833. p. 119., Monogr. pi. 13. 
3. P. rega/is Licht. Gould, Monogr. pi. 14. — Pteroglossus tor- 
quatus Gmel. ? Wagl. ; P. ambiguus Less. 
4. P. pluricinctus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1835. p. 157., Le Vaill. 
Ois. de Par. t. 11., Monogr. pi. 15. 
5. P. hitorquatus Vigors, Journ. Zool. ii. p. 481., Gould, Monogr. 
pi. 16. 
6. P. Azara (Vieill.) Wagl. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 282., 
Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. Suppl. t. A., Gould, Monogr. pi. 1 7- 
7. P. flavirosiris Fr. Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 61. 
8. P. viridis (Linn.) 111. PI. enl. 727, 728., Le Vaill. Ois. de 
Par. t. 16, 17., Swains. Zool. 111. pi. I69., Gould, Monogr. pi. 21. 
9. P. hypoglaucus Gould, Proc. Z.S. 1831. p. 70., Monogr. pi. 19. 
10. V.Bailloni (Vieill.) Wagl. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 
283., LeVaill.Ois.de Par. t. 18. — Pteroglossus croceus Jard. Is 
Sclhy, III. Orn. pi. 6., <^.ould, Monogr. pi. 20. 
* Established by lUiger in 1811 {Prodromus Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 202 ). Anirnri of M. Le.s.soii (1828) is coequal. It 
embraces Selenidera (1837) and Aulacorhynchus (1834) of Mr, Gould; this latter name havin;.'; been previously employed, it was changed 
by me to Aulacoramphus (1840). 
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