PLATE II. 



upon insects, with which the trees and herbage in those countries 

 aijound. 



Tliis truly interesting and very beautiful species is already 

 known in our language by the epithet of the yellow-bellied Trogon 

 or Curucui. There is, however, another bird of the same genus^ 

 which has the belly yellow, as in the present bird ; we allude to the 

 Kufous Curucui, the better therefore to define our species we have 

 denominated it the yellow-bellied Green Trogon, or Curucui, as the 

 least attention to the difference in the general colour of the plumagq 

 will thus enable the most cursory observer to discriminate the t^9 

 species with facility and accuracy. 



