RUFOUS CURUCUT. 

 (Trogon rufus.) 



Tu. rufus, corpore subtus Jlavo, alls griseo nigroque striatis, rec- 



tricibus trifyus utrinque lateralibus albo nigroque jasciatis, apice 



albis. 

 Rufous Curucui, with the body beneath yellow; wings striated 



with black and grey ; the three lateral tail-leathers striated 



with black and white, with white tips. 

 Trogon rufus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 404. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



200. 5. 

 Couroucou & queue rousse de Cayenne. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



6. 293. Buff. PL Enl. 736. 

 Rufous Curucui. Lath. Syn. 2. 490-4. 21. 



THE Rufous Curucui is in length nine inches ; 

 general colour rufous ; the belly, thighs, and vent 

 yellow ; wing-coverts striated with black and grey ; 

 quills black, with dusky edges ; six inner tail- 

 feathers of equal length, rufous with black tips ; 

 three exterior ones striated transversely with black 

 and white, gradually shortening in length to the 

 most outward one, and tipped with white j belly 

 and legs dusky. Is found in Cayenne. 



