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bars ; beneath, and round the breast and neck, 

 brownish-white ; a large black patch below the eye. 

 South America. 



Black-handed Tamatia. (Cyphos Macrodactylus). 

 Spix. 39. 



Crown, chesnut ; chin, nape, and chest, white ; eye- 

 streak, and chest band, black ; back, wings, and tail, 

 dark-brown ; belly and rump, brown, lineated with 

 blackish. Brazil.* 



The CouRoucoui.t Trogon. L. 



Have, together with the brush of hair of Bucco, the 

 bill short, larger than high, bent from its base, with 

 the upper ridge arched and blunt. Their small feet 

 furnished with feathers to near the toes, their tail 

 long and large, their plumage fine, light, and plen- 

 tiful, give them a different appearance to Bucco. 

 There is, in general, some part of their plumage 

 which shines with a metallic lustre ; the rest is more 

 or less brightly coloured. They build in holes in 

 trees, feed on insects, remain silent and solitary on 

 the lower branches, in thick humid woods, and fly 

 only during morning and evening. 



Some of them are found in both continents. 



The American species have the edges of the man- 

 dibles indented, while those of the old world have *^ 

 them more entire. 



* Also have been named B. Somnolentus, Lich The Tamatia of 

 Marcq. Capita Maculatus, Wagler. Alcedo Maculatus, Gm. 



t The expression of their cry, and their namcj in Brazil. Trogon was 

 given them by Moehring. 



