PTEROGLOSSUS H^MATOPYGUS. 
Blood-rumped Groove-bill Ara^ari. 
Specific Character. 
Ptet'. rostro saturate castaneo : vertice, collo, dorsoque viridibus suholivaceis ; subtus coerulescenti- 
viridis, pectore satiiratiore; uropygio coccineo; rectricibus quatuor intermediis brunneo 
apiculatis ; orbitce ruhrce; pedes olivaceo-brunnei. 
Bill of a deep dark chestnut; crown of the head and upper surface green inclining to olive; 
rump blood-red; the upper tail-coverts and tail green, the four middle feathers of the 
latter tipped with brown; whole of the under surface bluish green, which is more intense 
on the breast; naked skin round the eyes red; legs olive brown. 
Total length, 14 inches; bill 2f ; wing, 4t; tail, 5r; tarsi, 14. 
Pteroglossus licematopygus, Gould, Proceedings of Zool. Soc. Part II. p. 147* 
This new species will be readily distinguished from all known grooved-billed Ara^aris by the white bands on 
the bill and the blood-red spot on the rump. Its nearest allies are Pier, sulcatus and Pier, Derbiamis ; 
but independently of the blood-red spot on the rump already alluded to, it may always be distinguished from 
those species by its shorter bill, wider gape, and by the circumstance of the four middle tail-feathers being 
tipped with brown, while in Pter. Derbicmus the two middle tail-feathers only are thus tipped. 
I cannot close this paper without offering my warmest thanks to N. C. Strickland, Esq., for his kindness 
in lending me the present species to figure from, and who has at all times rendered me every assistance in his 
power by placing at my disposal for scientific investigation any species contained in his collection. The one 
in his possession, and another in the Royal Museum at Leyden, are, as far as I am aware, the only examples of 
this species at present known. I have to regret that Mr. Strickland could give me no information as to what 
part of South America his specimen was received from, but circumstances induce me to believe that it is from 
the Cordillerian Andes. 
