8ELENIDERA MACULIROSTRIS. 
Spotted-billed Toucanet. 
Specific Character. 
Mas. — Sel. mandibula superior c ad later a macidis transversis nigris irregulariter fasciata. 
Male .—Crown of the head, nape, throat and chest deep shining black; ear-coverts deep orange, 
crossing obliquely a tuft of pale yellow ; crescentic mark at the nape pale yellow; back, 
wings and upper tail-coverts rich olive-green; primaries brown, margined externally with 
olive ; tail dark olive-green, inclining to brown, the six central feathers tipped with 
chestnut; abdomen yellowish green ; flanks orange; thighs mingled rufous and green ; 
under tail-coverts crimson; bill whitish horn-colour; culmen and tips of both mandibles 
pale green; sides washed with pale bluish green; upper mandible crossed by irregular 
bars of black, and the lower one by a single nearly vertical band of the same hue near the 
apex, meeting an oblique mark on the upper mandible; orbits fine yellowish green ; inner 
circumference of the irides yellow, outer pale green, clouded anterior and posterior to 
the pupil with dark brown ; tarsi and toes dark green. 
Total length, 13 inches; bill, 2f; wing, 51; tail, 51; tarsi , It. 
Female. —Crown of the head, throat and breast reddish brown, inclining to chestnut on the 
former; flanks pale orange; ear-coverts reddish olive; in every other respect the plumage 
of the female resembles that of the male ; the bill is also very similar, but is not so richly 
coloured, and has the transverse markings less defined and not so numerous. 
After death the delicate green colouring of the mandibles disappears and leaves the sides 
more horny. 
Pteroglossus maculirostris, Licht. Verz. der Doubl., p. 7- No. 25.—Wagl. Syst. Av., Ptero- 
glossus, sp. 9-—Gould, Mon. of Ramph., pi. 24.—lb. Sturm’s Edit., pi. .—Gray and 
Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. ii. p. 404, Pteroglossus, sp. 20. 
L’Aragari Koulik male du Bresil, Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad.,tom. i. p. 39- pi. 15.—Female, lb. 
Supp., p. 41. fig. A, A. 
Ramphastos maculatus, Vieill. Gal. ties Ois., tom. ii.—Supp. texte et pis. inkle et femelle.— 
Jard. & Selby, Ill. Orn., vol. i. pi. 26. 
Janeiro Toucan, Lath. Gen. Hist, of Birds, vol. ii. p. 292. pi. xxx. female. 
Selenidera maculirostris , Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., p. 95, Selenidera, sp. 2. 
This is generally regarded as the commonest of the Toucanets, few collections of any magnitude being 
without examples; in reality, however, it is not more common than the other species of the genus, which 
are simply more rare with us, because their native localities have been less frequently visited by collectors. 
The portions of South America in which it appears to be most abundant are the southern and eastern 
districts of Brazil, where it frequents the virgin forests and subsists upon fruits and berries ; it is probable 
that it also feeds upon caterpillars and other insects, but this is at present unascertained. 
The following note has been kindly communicated to me by His Highness Prince Maximilian of Weid, to 
whom my thanks are due:— 
The S. maculirostris “ appears to be less abundant in the eastern parts of Brazil than the other species 
observed by me. Its mode of life and economy were precisely similar to those of the Common Aracari. On 
the Rio Belmonte and the Rio Parde it was known by the name of Arassari-poka. The length of a fresh- 
killed male was 13 inches ; breadth 16 inches.” 
The Plate represents two males and a female of the natural size. 
