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RED-BELLIED CURUCUI. 

 (Trogon Curucui.) 



Tr. viridi- aureus, subtus Juho-miniaceus ; gula nigra, tectricibus 

 alarum rectricibusque tribus extimis albo nigroque Jasciatis. 



Golden-green Curucui, of a fulvous red beneath ; throat black ; 

 wing-coverts and the three exterior tail-feathers white striped 

 with black. 



Trogon Curucui. Lin. Syst. Nat, 1. 167. 2. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 403. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 198. I. 

 Trogon brasiliensis viridis. Bris. 4. 173. 4. — Ger. Orn. 2. 53. 



18/. 



Couroucou a ventre rouge. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 287. 14. — 



Buff. PI. Enl. 452. 

 Red-bellied Curucui. Lath. Syn. 2. 485. 1. 

 fi. griseo-cinereus viridi-nitens ; abdomine postice rubro ; cauda 



lonviore. 



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Greyish cinereous, with a green gloss \ abdomen red behind , 

 tail long. 



Couroucou a longue queue. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 88.— Buff. 



PL Enl. 737. 

 Trogon Curucui. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 198. 1. y. 

 Red-bellied Curucui. Lath. Syn. 2. 486. 1. /3. 



Rather less than a Magpie ; length ten inches 

 and a half; beak pale yellow; the under man- 

 dible armed with stiff black bristles, and both eye- 

 lids the same ; irides golden ; head, neck, upper 

 part of the breast, back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts shining green, with a blue gloss in certain 

 lights ; throat black ; wing-coverts blueish grey, 

 marked with many undulating black lines ; quills 

 black, with part of the shafts white ; the breast, 



