CLlMBBltS, 301 



with a blunt ridge, somewhat raised in the middle. They are found i« 

 both continents, and several of them are ornamented with bright colours. 

 During the pairing season they fly jjj pairs, and the remainder of the year 

 in small tlocks*. 



TAMATiAf , Cuv. 

 In the Tamatias, the extremity of the upper mandible of the bill, which 

 is somewhat more elongated and compressed, is curved downivards. The 

 large head, short tail, and great bill of these birds, give them a stupid ap- 

 pearance. All the known species are from America, and live on iiisects. 

 Their natural disposition is sad and solitary J. 



Trogon§, Lin. 



The Couroucoui, along v/ith the hairy fasciculi of the Barbets, have d 

 short bill, which is more broad than high, and curved from the base, it« 

 upper ridge arcuated and blunt. Their small feet, feathered nearly down 

 to the toes, long broad tail, fine light and dense plumage, give them quite 

 a different air. There is very often some part of their plumage which 

 usually shines with a metallic lustre, the remainder being coloured more 

 or less vividly. They build nests in the hollows of trees, live on insects, 

 and remain in a solitary and quiet mood on low branches in the centre of 

 marshy forests, and are never on the wing, except in the morning and 

 evening. They are found in both continents. 



The edges of the mandibles, in the American^ species, are den- 

 tatedj). In those of the eastern world, they are more entire**. 



• Buceo graridis, Enl %1\;—«iridls, Enl. ^1^;—flavifrons, Nob. Vaill I, eit. 55; 

 — ci/aiwpg. Nob. Id, lb. '21, or CopUo cyanwoUU, VieilL GaJ. 35 j — Lathami, Lath., 

 6yn. I, pi. sxiii—pkilippetms, Eal. '323i—rubricapiUus, Browjj, III xivi-^rubricallis. 

 Nob Vaill. 35, should they not prove to be three varieties; torqualus, N., Y.aill. 37$ 

 —roseus, N., VailL 33;— njger, EuL 6,88, J; Viejll. GaL Z'i;~-t/unjaimensis, Lath.; — 

 el'eganii,Gm., Eui. 618; — barbictdus, N., Vaill. ,o6; — parvus, Mas., Vaill. 32, feimaie, 

 Eul. 746, 2; — erythronot^s, Nob, VailL 57; — zcyHanieus, Biowij, III, XV i—^cayaM's- 

 sis, Eiil. 20t3; — peruvianus. Nob. VaJll. 27; — nigrothoiax, T., Vaill 28, which may 

 also prove tliree varieties;— y^scws, yaiil- 43; — armllaris, T., Col, 8D, 1; — gularis. 

 Id. lb. 2;—rkn/s.->pGoon, T,, Col. 2So;'~vergicolor, T., Col. 3Q9i-~3fi/stacopfiaaes, T,, 

 C«l. 315, VailL jpl C -—aiiro-tirens, T , Vaill. pL E. 



t Tamati.^. the Uraziliati jianie of one of these birds, aceordiog to Maregrare. 

 In Parag:uay, Azzara says, they are called Qimurus, It is to them that Tenioiijuek 

 applies the term Cap iTi. 



% Bucco macrorhyuchos, Enl. 689;— »iefa»o&>ttcft$, EnL <58S, 2j — cellmis, Enl. 395; 

 —UuiMtia, EnL 74fi, 1; VieilL GaL 34 (Tasmtia fjiaculala, Nob.); — Cap. melamtis, 

 T., Col. ^A:;—Cypltos macjodact yhis, Spix, 39, 2. 



§ Curourou expresses tlieir cry, aud is their Bxaziliaa Jiame; that of Trogon was 

 conferred on them by Moehring. 



II In American Trogou cunu^cui, EnL 452, Vaill., cww-ow, l,2',—Tr.rosa{ba,Ya)lh 

 6, or variegatus, Spi,x, 38;--j,7w/«, EnL 195; VailL 3, 4; Spix, 36 ;—violaceu..% Nov. 

 Comm. Petr. XI, pL xvi, f. S;—sMgi!atus, EnL 1€5;—ru/us, Enl 736; Vaill. Sj— 

 Tr. atrieoUis. VieilL GaL 31, or oranga, VailL 7, 8, J 5, or sidjwacews, Spis, 3,8i~7>, 

 domkeUus, VailL 13; — Tr. albiveuter, VailL 5, 



*• la Asia: Trogon fasciatiLS, Ind. ZooL pL y;— T. oreskios, T. CoL 181 j—T, 

 Beiuwardii, T. CoL 124;— 2'- Duvaucelii, 1. Col. 291, VatlL 14;— T. coadm, T. CoL 

 321;— 7', Tcmmmcku, VailL 12. In AJricas Tr. nurim, VailL Afr. 228, 229, ajid 

 Cour. 30 and 11. 



We may be allov.'fd to doubt if the Trogon viauilalux, Bro^vn, IlL XIIJ, hg a ixm 

 C4)uroua)jj- 



