CURUCUI. 211 



spots ; breast and belly yellowish white, barred with dusky ; tail very- 

 long, cuneiform, crossed with narrow dusky bars; legs ash-colour. 



Inhabits India, and called Bunguinmi. — From the drawings of 

 Lady Impey. 



9— NARINA CURUCUI. 



Trogon Narina, Gen. Zool. ix. p. 14. 



Le Couroucou Narina, Levail. Afr. v. 104. pi. 228. 229. 



THIS is a trifle smaller than the American Red-bellied Curucui, 

 but the tail longer in proportion. The bill short, and thick, colour 

 yellowish, towards the edges and point dusky ; irides reddish ; head, 

 neck, shoulders, lesser wing coverts, back, and rump, fine glossy 

 green ; chin and throat, to the breast, the same ; from thence, all 

 beneath is deep rose-colour ; greater wing coverts marked with fine 

 transverse black and white lines, on a grey ground ; quills black, 

 edged outwardly with white ; the four middle tail feathers equal in 

 length, and fine green ; the three others on each side wedge-shaped, 

 the outer being only half the length of the middle ones ; they are 

 white on the outer webs, and dusky within ; legs yellow. 



The female is somewhat smaller ; irides brown ; the green in- 

 clines a little to brown on the head, and behind the neck, and that 

 colour is no where so vivid as in the other sex ; likewise, the fine 

 rose-colour on the under parts of the male is, in the female, very 

 pale ; the forehead, throat, and neck before ai'e chiefly greyish rufous 

 brown ; the wing coverts are less beautifully lined across. 



When young, both sexes incline much to rufous, but may be 

 distinguished by an accurate observer. 



These are found in the deep woods of the Hottniqua Country, 

 in those of the River of Gamtoos, and the Caffre Country ; lay four 



round eggs, in the hole of a tree, of a fine rose-coloured white, the 



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