PTEROGLOSSUS LANGSDORFFII, Wagle,-. 
Lang’sdorfF’s Ara9ari. 
Specific Cfiahacter. 
Pfer. rostro nigrescenti-hncnneo, prope basin in cinereo-olivaceum transeuntc, serraturis alhidis: 
vertice, coUo, guld, giittiireqiie nigris ; regione paroticd fascidque nuchali aiirantiaco-Jlams ; 
dorso, alis, rectricumque hasi saturate olivaceo-viridibus brunneo tinctis, harum apicibus; 
lateribus olivaceis casfaneo tinctis; tectricibus caudal inferioribus sordide coccineis; qiedes 
plumbei. 
Bill blackish brown for three parts of its length from the tip, fading into dark greyish olive at 
the base, more extended over the under mandible; serratiires whitish ; lop of the head, 
back of the neck, throat, and breast black ; ear-coverts and nuchal band rich orange yellow ; 
whole of the upper surface, wings, and upper portion of the tail-feathers dark greenish 
olive tinged Avith brown; hanks rich olive tinged with chestnut brow n ; thighs uniform 
brown; under tail-coverts dull crimson ; legs and feet lead colour. 
Total length, about 134 inches; bill, ; wing, 51; tarsi, H. 
Pteroglossus Langsdorffii, Wagler, Syst. Avium. 
-Gould, Proceedings of Zool. Soc. Part III. 
The robust form and nearly uniform colouring of the bill are perhaps the most prominent features by which 
this species may be distinguished from several others, which possess alike the lunated collar and richly coloured 
ear-coverts. 
A single example of this bird, to all appearance fully adult, forms a part of the Munich collection, and is, 1 
believe, the individual from which the late Dr. Wagler took the description in the monograph of this ftiraily, 
published in his small but useful work the “ Systema Avium.” I regret to add that I found the tail of this 
specimen so much mutilated as to render it unsafe to figure more of this organ than is represented in the 
Plate. 
In size the present bird is somewhat larger than the Pter. macidirostris ; its ear-coverts, nuchal liand, and 
flanks are also much brighter in colour than the corresponding ])arts in that species. 
The only information I could obtain respecting this rare species was that it is a native of Brazil, from which 
country it was received many years since. 
