PTEROGLOS SUS LANGSDORFFI I , Wagler.
Lang,sdorff’s Aracari.
S p e c i f ic C h a r a c t e r .
Pter. rostro nigrescenti-brunneo, prope basin in transeunte, serraturis albidisvernoe,
collo, gala,gutlureque nigris; regione paroticafascidque nuebuli aurantiaeo-Jlaeis ■
dorso, alts, rectricumque basi saturate olivaceo-vMibus brmneo tinetis, karum apicibus’
latenbus olivaceis castaneo tinetis ; teetricibus caudte inferioribus sordide coccineis; pedes
phmbei.
Bill blackish brown for three parts of it, length from the tip, fading into dark greyish olive at
the base, more extended over the under mandible; serratnres whitish; top 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 with b row n ; flanks 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, 5*; tarsi, H.
Pteroglossus Langsdorffii, Wagler, Syst. Avium.
Gould, Proceedings of Zool. Soc. P art III.
T h e ro b a s t fo rm an d n ea rly uniform c o lo u rin g o f th e bill a re p e rh ap s th e mo st p rom in en t features by which
th is spec ie s m ay be distin g u ish ed from s ev e ral o th e rs, which possess alike th e lu n ated collar an d richly coloured
ea r-c o v e rts . 3
A single example of this bird, to all appearance fully adult, forms a part of the Munich collection, and is I
believe the indmdua from which the late Dr. Wagler took the description in the monograph of this family,
published in his small but useful work the “ Systema Avium.” I regret to add that I found the tail of this
Hate"”6" S° mutllated “ t0 render il ““« * to figure more of this organ than is represented in the
In size the present bird is somewhat larger than the Pter. macvlnostm-, its ear-coverts, nuchal band and
flanks are also much brighter in colour than the corresponding parts 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.