. Illustrations of ornithology . •-^■/f f f//f/. 26i/ ///sf,v//s///s-- PTEROGLOSSUS MACULATUS. Spotted-billed Araqari. PLATE XXVI. P. rostro maculata, capite, gula pectoreque flavis ; auriculis croceis; dorso, se-condares caudaque viridibus, crisso rubro. LAracari a bee tachete; Ramphastos maculatus, Vieill. Gal. des Oiseaux, vol. ii, (Platenot numbered). X he length of this species, including the bill, is about twelve inches ; thatof the bill is from two inches and a quarter to two and three quarters: itis broad and strong at the base, and appears to be of a firmer texture thanin the generali
. Illustrations of ornithology . •-^■/f f f//f/. 26i/ ///sf,v//s///s-- PTEROGLOSSUS MACULATUS. Spotted-billed Araqari. PLATE XXVI. P. rostro maculata, capite, gula pectoreque flavis ; auriculis croceis; dorso, se-condares caudaque viridibus, crisso rubro. LAracari a bee tachete; Ramphastos maculatus, Vieill. Gal. des Oiseaux, vol. ii, (Platenot numbered). X he length of this species, including the bill, is about twelve inches ; thatof the bill is from two inches and a quarter to two and three quarters: itis broad and strong at the base, and appears to be of a firmer texture thanin the generality of the species : the colour is pale bluish-grey, inclining togamboge-yellow at the tip and edges of the mandibles, and is irregularlycrossed and spotted with large black patches. In the male, the head, backand sides of the neck, throat and breast are deep black : the feathers thatspring immediately beneath the rictus, and those covering the ears, aresaffron-yellow, and run to a point as they mingle with the fea
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