PTEROGLOS SUS CULIK, Wagler.
Koulik Aracari.
S p e c i f ic C h a r a c t e r .
Mas. Pter. rostro nigro, basin versus in ruhrum transeunte: olivaceo-viridis, venire castaneo
vanegato ; capite, collo,pectoreque nigris ; auribus lumdaque dorsali Jlavis; caudce tectricibus
inferioribus coccineis; rectricibus ad apices castaneis.
Foem. Lunula dorsali nulla ; cervice sordide castanea ; jugulo pectoreque obscure cceruleo-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 part 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.
Female. Resembles the male in her general plumage, b u t wants the yellow semilunar band
on the top of the b a ck ; has the back of the neck dull chestnut; and the throat and breast
obscure lavender grey.
Total length, 12 to 13 inches; bill, 21-; wing, 4 f ; tail, 4 i; tarsi, It.
Green Toucan. Edw., vol. 3. pl. 330.
Toucan ä collier de Caj. Buif., Pl. Eni. n. 577-
Ramphastos piperivorus. Au ct.
LAraqari Koulik de la Guyane. Levaill., Ois. de Parad., vol. 2. p. 41. pl. 13.
Pteroglossus Culik. Wagler, Syst. Avium.
-----------------Reinwardtii ? Ibid.
-----------------LangsdorffHl Ibid.
ries of Cayenne and Guiana are the native habitats of this interesting and elegant species of
I am informed, it has obtained the name of Koulik, from the peculiarity of its cry. It appears
in its distribution, as I have never received it either from Brazil or the Spanish Main.
from every other by a slight attention to the detail of its colouring, the male
his black breast and the semilunar band between the shoulders, and the female for the
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