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RAMPHASTID^. 



GENUS CCIV.—PTEROGLOSSUS, lUiger. ARACARI. 



Rostrum basi capite angus- 

 tior, supra convexum, ex- 

 trorsum serratum, apice 

 curvato. 



Nares verticales, in basin 

 rostri positae. 



Lingua angusta, pennacea. 



Cauda elongata, cuneata. 



Beak narrower than the head 

 at the base, convex above, 

 externally serrated, its tip 

 curved. 



Nostrils vertical, placed at 

 the base of the beak. 



Tongue narrow, feathered. 



Tail elongated, wedged. 



Aracaris are found in the same regions as the 

 Toucans ; their beak is somewhat smaller in propor- 

 tion, and their plumage is generally green or greenish, 

 with red or yellow on the throat and breast ; and all 

 (but the last species) have the head and throat black 

 in the males, and chesnut or grey in the females. 



Sp. 1. Pt. Aracari. 



Ramphastos Aracari. Sha'vo, v. viii. p. 371. pi- 49. 



Sp. 2. Pt. viridis. Swain. Zool. Illust. v. iii. pL 169. — Ram- 

 phastos viridis. Shatv, v. viii. p. 370. pi. 48. 



Sp. 3. Pt. piscivorus, 



Ramphastos piscivorus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 372. 



Sp. 4. Pt. inscriptus. Swain. Zool. Illust. v. ii. pi. 90. 



Vt .Jusco-viridis capite guldque nigris (foemince castanets J ; uro- 

 pygio rubro; abdomine Jlavo ; rostri Julvi, culmine basi apiceque 

 nigris; marginibus dentatis, lineis nigris inscriptis. 



Brown-green Aracari with the head and throat black (chesnut in 

 the females) ; the rump red ; the abdomen yellow ; the beak 

 fulvous, with the base and tip of the culmen black ; the mar- 

 gins dentate and marked with black lines. 



" Length twelve inches and a half: beak, from 

 the angle of the mouth to the tip, two inches three 



