T E T II A (J 0 N 0 P B lUT A M 1* II A S T 1 N 11 S. 
(THE TOUCAN-LIKE ]i A JUi E T.) 
Tetracjonops rhamphastinus .... (1855) Jardine ; Edin. N. Thilos. .Tourn. p. 40 1. 
.... (1856) Jardine; Edin. N. PhiloB. .Tourn pi. 4. p. 1)2. 
" ''^ .... (1861) Sclater; This, p. 1.S4, pi. H. 
T. capite nitenti-nigro : gutture cineraceo : vitta pectorali coccinea. 
Hab. in regione Neotropica. 
Entire top of the head, nape, and collar shining black; sides of the occiput and nape 
white; back olive-brown, with a yellow lustre; lower back and upper tail-coverts deep 
olive-yellow; wing-coverts and tail dark blue-grey; quills brown, exterior webs margined 
with dark olive-yellow; sides of the face and throat lavender-colour ; a broad pectoral band 
rich red, abdomen rich olive-yellow washed down the centre with red; flanks and under 
tail-coverts olive-green; bill orange-yellow, with the apical half pale blue-black. Length 
8"-3, wing 4"-0, tail 3"-25. 
Hab. Quito (Jameson) ; Nanegal (Fraser). 
This strange-looking Barbet is the type of the genus Tetragonops : there is only one 
other species, very different from it in colouring, T. frantzii. The first specimens were sent 
to England by Professor Jameson, from Quito, and others have since been obtained from 
Nanegal. It is a very rare bird, and nothing is known of its habits. 
There are two good figures of it extant, besides the one in this book-one in 'The 
Ibis ' (1. c), and the other in ' The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal ' (/. c). 
Our Plate was taken from two specimens in the collection of Mr. Salvm. 
Additional references-Tetragonops rnan^pMstinus : Sclater (1859), Ibis, V- f^^^oi-n^'^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ 
p. 2 ; id. (1864), Ibis, pp. 371 & 372 ; Goffin (1863), Cat. Mns. Pays-Bas, Eucc. p. 93 ; G. R. Gray (186.). Cat. Bnt. 
Mus. Capit. p. 19. 
