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RED-BELLIED CURUCUI. 

 (Trogon Curucui.) 



Tfc.. viridi-aureus, subtusjulvo-miniaceus ; gula nigra, tectricibas 



alarum rectricibusque tribus extimis albo nigroquejasciatis. 

 Golden-green Curucui, of a fulvous red beneath ; throat black ; 



wing-coverts and the three exterior tail-feathers white striped 



with black. 

 Trogon Curucui. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 167. 2. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1.403. Lath^Ind. Orn. 1. lp8. 1. 

 Trogon brasiliensis viridis. Bris. 4. 173. 4. Ger. Orn. 2. 53. 



187. 

 Couroucou a ventre rouge. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 287. 14. 



Buff. PI. Enl 452. 



Red-bellied Curucui. Lath. Syn. 2. 485. 1. 

 ft. griseo-cinereus mridi-nitens ; abdomine postice rubro ; cauda 



longiore. 

 Greyish cinereous, with a green gloss; abdomen red behind; 



tail long. 

 Couroucou a longue queue. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 88. Buff. 



PI. Enl. 737. 



Trogon Curucui. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 1Q8. 1. y. 

 Red-bellied Curucui. Lath. Syn. 2. 486. I. ft. 



RATHER less than a Magpie ; length ten inches 

 and a half; beak pale yellow ; the under man- 

 dible armed with stiff black bristles, and both eye- 

 lids the same ; irides golden ; head, neck, upper 

 part of the breast, back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts shining green, with a blue gloss in certain 

 lights ; throat black ; wing-coverts blueish grey, 

 marked with many undulating black lines ; quills 

 black, with part of the shafts white ; the breast, 



