curucui. 207 



yellow ; top of the head, neck all round, the back, rump, and lesser 

 outer wing coverts, splendid green, reflecting a gloss of blue and 

 gold; fore part of the neck blue green ; breast, belly, and under tail 

 coverts full orange, or gold- colour; wings dusky white, crossed with 

 minute, irregular dusky lines ; tail cuneiform, the six middle feathers 

 green, with black tips, the others white, with transverse lines of 

 black ; legs brownish. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and other parts of South America. 



In some parts of Brazil very common ; has not an unpleasant song, 

 or rather whistle, frequently repeated ; sometimes soft, at others loud 

 and shrill ; this the natives imitate to decoy them within reach, for in 

 general these birds frequent the tops of the trees, and being concealed 

 under much cover, are not easily shot. 



B. — Trogon viridis, Ind.Orn.\. 199. 2. )3. Lin. i. 167. 3. $. 



ventre candido, Bris.iv. 170. 7d.8vo.ii. 89. 



Couroucou verd a ventre blanc, Buf. vi. 293. 

 White-bellied Curucui, Gen. Syn. ii. 489. 2. A. 



This bird is a trifle smaller, and differs in having the belly white; 

 the end half of the tail feathers white, separated obliquely, but 

 indented as the other. I have seen one, in which the white belly 

 had a tinge of yellow, and is probably a Variety. 



4— VIOLET-HEADED CURUCUI. 



Trogon violaceus, Ind. Orn. i. 199. Gm. Lin. i. 404. 



Lanius capite, collo, pectoreque violaceo-nigric. &c. N. C. Petr.xu 436. t. 16. f. 8. 



Le Couroucou a chaperon violet, Buf. vi. 294. 



Violet-headed Curucui, Gen. Syn. ii. 491. Gen. Zoo!, ix. p. 8. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill lead-colour with a 

 whitish point ; on the forehead, round the eyes, and ears blackish ; 



