RAMPHASTIM. 
young birds, and eggs, for which latter they will readily attack the nests of other birds. It is in the holes in trunks 
of trees 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 Gmel. Edwards’s Birds, pi. 238., PI. enl. 
262., Le V aill. Ois. de Par. t. 3, 4. — Ramphastos Levaillantii 
Wagl. Gould, Monogr. pi. 3. 
2. R. Cuvieri Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 5., Gould, Monogr.pl. 2. 
3. ? R. Forsterorum Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 8., Le Vaill. Ois. dePar. 
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. Q. — Ramphastos ambiguus Swains. Zool. 111. 
pi. 16'8. ; 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. III. 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. Q., Gould, Monogr. pi. 6. 
8. ? R. niveus Less. Compl. Buff. p. 1 84. 
9- R. vitellinus 111. Swains. Zool. 111. pi. 56., Le Vaill. Ois. de 
Par. t. 1 7., Gould, Monogr. pi. 9. 
10. R. Tucanus Linn. PI. enl. 307. — Ramphastos Ariel Vigors, 
Zool. Journ. ii. 466. ; R. Temminckii Wagl. Gould, Monogr. pi. 1 0. 
11. R. dicolonis Gmel. PI. enl. 269., Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. t. 8. 
— Ramphastos Tucai Licht. ; R. chlororhynchos Temm. Swains. 
Zool. 111. pi. 108., Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 29., Gould, Monogr. 
pi. 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. osculans Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1835. p. 156., Monogr. pi. 5. 
15. R. citreolcemus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1843. p. 147. 
16. ? R. picatus Linn. Albin’s pi. 25. — Ramphastos Aldrovandi 
Shaw. 
Pteroglossus III.* 
Bill generally prolonged, smooth, and broad at the base, with the culmen 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 countries as those previously mentioned, and their habits 
and manners are also similar. 
1. P. amcari (Linn.) 111. PI. enl. 166., Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. 
t. 10., Gould, Monogr.pl. 12. 
2. P. castanotis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1833. p. 11 9., Monogr. pi. 13. 
3. P. regalis Licht. Gould, Monogr. pi. 14. — Pteroglossus tor- 
quatus Gmel. ? Wagl. ; P. ambiguus Less. 
4. P. pluricinctus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1 835. p. 1 57., Le Vaill. 
Ois. de Par. t. 11., Monogr. pi. 15. 
5. P. bitorquatus Vigors, Journ. Zool. ii. p. 481., Gould, Monogr. 
pi. 16. 
6. P. Azarce (Vieill.) Wagl. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 282., 
Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. Suppl. t. A., Gould, Monogr. pi. 17. 
7. P. flamrostris Fr. Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 6l. 
8. P. viridis (Linn.) 111. PI. enl. 727, 728., Le Vaill. Ois. de 
Par. t. 16, 17., Swains. Zool. 111. pi. 1 69., Gould, Monogr. pi. 21 • 
9. P. hypoglaucus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 70., Monogr. pi. 19- 
10. P. Bailloni (Vieill.) Wagl. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 
283., LeVaill.Ois.de Par. t. 18. — Pteroglossus croceus Jard. 4 
Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 6., Gould, Monogr. pi. 20. 
* Esta Wished by Illiger in 1811 ( Prodromus Syst.Mamm.et Avium, p. 202.). Aracari of M. Lesson (1828) is coequal. It 
embraces Selemdera (1837) and Aulacorhynchus (1834) of Mr. Gould ; this latter name having been previously employed it was changed 
by me to Aulacoramphus (1840). ■ • 1 2 3 4 5 ’ 
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