YELLOW-BELLIED CURUCUI. 



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the middle ones, and striated with white on the 

 outer edge, as well as tipped with the same ; legs 

 and claws dark ash-colour. Inhabits Cayenne and 

 Guiana. 



YELLOW-BELLIED CURUCUI* 

 (Trogon viridis.) 



Tr. viridi-aurens subtus luteus, gula nigra, rectricibus utrinque 



tribus extimis oblique et dentatius albis. 

 Golden Green Curucui, beneath yellow ; throat black ; with the 



three lateral tail-feathers on both sides, obliquely dentated 



with white. 



Trogon viridis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 167. 3. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 404.— Bris. 4. 1(38. 2. t. 7. 1, — Ger. Orn. 2. 53. I89.— 



Lath. hid. Orn. 1. 199. 2. 

 Couroucou a ventre jaune. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 29 1. — Buff. 



Pi. Enl. 195. 

 Yellow-bellied Curucui. Lath. Syn. 2. 488. 2. 



minor, abdomine albo. 



Less, abdomen white. 

 Trogon viridis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 167. 9. /3. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 199. 2. |6. 

 Trogon viridis ventre candido. Briss. 4. 170. 3. 

 Couroucou verd a ventre blanc. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 6. 2Q3. 

 White-bellied Curucui. . Lath. Syn. 1. 489. 2. 



Eleven inches and a half in length ; beak pale 

 ash-colour ; nearly an inch long ; the upper part 

 of the head violet, with a mixture of green gold ; 

 the sides of the head and throat black ; the upper 

 parts of the body green gold reaching forwards 

 and forming a band of the same colour on the 



