PTEROGIiOSSUS PAVONINUS 
Peacock Groove-bill Ara^ari. 
Specific Character. 
Pter. rostro nigro^ ad basin lined, aiirantiaco-flavd circundato, laterihus (^nisi basin vet'siis') Jlavis 
superne in ccendeo-viridem transeuntibus hifrd lined nigrd a tomio sejunctis: prasinus, subtus 
pallidior tectricibiis caiidce hvferioribus rectricumque apicibus brunneis ; remigibus nigrescenti- 
brunneis; orbitoa rubroe: pedes plumbei. 
Bill black, with the exception of two thirds of the upper mandible (measuring from the point), 
which has the central portion of the sides fine yellow, on the upper fading into rich blue 
green, on the lower, which is separated from the dentition line by a narrow stripe of black, 
the base of both mandibles surrounded by a line of orange yellow; the whole of the 
upper and under surface, with the exception of the under tail-coverts and the tip of the 
tail-feathers which are brown, is of a rich grass green, paler on the throat and. under sur¬ 
face ; quills blackish brown; bare skin round the eye red; feet lead colour. 
Total length, 13 to 14 inches; bill, nearly 3f; mng, 54; tail, 5i; fa?'si, If. 
Pteroglossus pavonimis. Label in Royal Museum, Munich. Gould, Proceedings of Zool. Soc., 
Partin.'^ 
This species is even more diminutive in each of its relative parts than Pter. Prasinus, which, as well as the 
present bird, is a native of Mexico. Independently of its less size, it may be distinguished from its near ally 
by the peculiar form and marking' of the bill, the basal portion of which is entirely surrounded by black ; and 
a beautiful green and yellow colour is spread over the sides of the upper mandible. No other specimen than 
the one contained in the collection at Munich has come under my notice; a label bearing the name of Pter. 
pavonimis was attached to this example; and it would appear to have been a recent acquisition, from the 
circumstance of its not being noticed in the valuable Monograph of Dr. Wagler, who met an untimely death 
about two years since while on a shooting excursion near Munich ; in passing through a hedge with a loaded 
gun, the muzzle of which was directed towards his body, it unfortunately exploded, and we regret to add 
caused a speedy termination to the worldly cares of a man whose numerous works and great abilities had 
rendered him one of the most scientific naturalists of the age. 
