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Genus XVII. ' CURUCUI. 



N 8 i. Red-bellied C. 

 Var. A. 

 Var. B. 

 2. Yellow-bellied C. 



Var. A. White-bellied C. 



N° 3. Cinereous C. 



4. Rufous C. 



5. Violet -headed C. 



6. Spotted C. 



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Fafciated C. 



THESE have a fhort, thick, and convex bill -, and for the moft. 

 part dentated on the edges. 



Noftrils covered with ftiffbriftles. 



Legs fhort, weak, and covered with feathers or down. 



Toes placed two before, two behind. 



Tail confifting of twelve feathers. 



As far as I can learn, the manners of thefe birds are much alike, 

 and for the moft part agree with thofe of the firft fpecies there 

 related. They are moftly inhabitants of South America, except 

 the two laft fpecies, which inhabit Ceylon. They are faid to differ 

 much in the different ftages of life, which has given rile to confu- 

 fion of fpecies, and may perhaps be the caufe of the following 

 account of them not being fo perfect as may have been wifhed. 

 They have been called Curucuis, or rather Couroucouis, at Guiana> 

 from their note not ill refembling that word. Said to feed on 

 fruits *. 



Trogoft 



