PTEROGLOSSUS CULIK, Waller. 
Koulik Ara^ari. 
Specific Character. 
Mas. Pter. rostra nigro, basin versus in rubrimi trunseimte: ulivaceo-viridis, venire castaneo 
variegato ; capite, collo^pectoreque nigris ; auribus limuldque dorsali flavis ; caudce tectricibiis 
inferioribus coccineis ; rectricibus ad aqnces castaneis. 
Foem. Luntdd dorsali mdld ; cervice sordide castaned ; jiigido pectoreque obscure eoerideo-canis. 
Male. Beak black, gradually passing off into red at the base ; naked space round the eye 
and the tarsus dark lead colour; top of the head, occiput, throat, and breast black; 
ear-coverts and a crescent-shaped band on the top of the back yellow; lower pari of the 
belly olive green mixed with chestnut; under tail-coverts scarlet; the whole of the upper 
surface olive green, the tail-feathers being tipped with chestnut. 
Femcde. Resembles the male in her general plumage, but wants the yellow semilunar band 
on the top of the back ; has the back of the neck dull chestnut; and the throat and breast 
obscure lavender grey. 
Total length, 12 to 13 inches; bill, 2f; wmg, 4i; tail, 4v; tarsi, H. 
Green Toucan. Edw., vol. 3. pi. 330. 
Toucan d collier de Caj. Buff., PI. Enl. n. 577- 
Ramphastos piperivorus. A net. 
VAraqari Koulik de la Guyane. Levaill., Ois. de Parad., vol. 2. p, 41. pi. 13. 
Pteroglossus Ctdik. Wagler, Syst. Avium. 
—- Reinwardtiil Ibid. 
- Langsdorffii? Ibid. 
The rich countries of Cayenne and Guiana are the native habitats of this interesting and elegant species of 
Ara^ari, where, I am informed, it has obtained the name of Koulik, from tlie peculiarity of its cry. It ajipears 
to be somewhat local in its distribution, as I have never received it either from Brazil or the Spanish Main. 
It is a species easily distinguished from every other by a slight attention to the detail of its colouring, the male 
being remarkable for his black breast and the semilunar band between the shoulders, and the female for the 
chaste colouring of her breast and under parts. 
Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana. 
