YELLOW-BELLIED CURUCUI. 1 1 



the middle ones, and striated with white on the 

 outer edge, as well as tipped with the same ; legs 

 and claws dark ash-colour. Inhabits Cayenne and 

 Guiana. 



YELLOW-BELLIED CURUCUI. 

 (Trogon viridis.) 



TR viridi-aureus subtus luteus, gula nigra, rectricibus utrinque 



tribus extimis oblique et dentatius albis. 

 Golden Green Curucui, beneath yellow ; throat black ; with the 



three lateral tail-feathers on both sides, obliquely dentated 



with white. 

 Trogon viridis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 167, 3. >Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 404. Bris. 4. 1(58. 2. t. f. l.Ger. Orn. 2. 53. 189.- 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 199. 2. 

 Couroucou a ventre jaune. Buffi Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 29!. Buffi* 



PI. Enl. J95. 



Yellow-bellied Curucui. Lath. Syn. 2. 488. 2. 

 /3. minor, abdomine albo. 



Less, abdomen white. 

 Trogon viridis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 167. 9- <3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 199. 2. /3, 



Trogon viridis ventre candido. Briss. 4. 17O. 3. 

 Couroucou verd a ventre blanc. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 2Q3. 

 White-bellied Curucui. Lath. Syn.. 1. 489. 2. 



ELEVEN inches and a half in length ; beak pale 

 ash-colour ; nearly an inch long ; the upper part 

 of the head violet, with a mixture of green gold ; 

 the sides of the head and throat black ; the upper 

 parts of the body green gold reaching forwards 

 and forming a band of the same colour on the 



