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VIOLET-HEADED CURUCUI. 

 (Trogon violaceus.) 



Tr. violaceus, dorso viridi, tectricibus alarum, remigibusque $e- 

 cundariis albo maculatis, rectricibus tribus, lateralibus albo 

 nigroquejasciatis, apice albis. 



Violet-coloured Curucui, with a green back ; wing-coverts and 

 secondary quills spotted with white ; the three lateral tail- 

 feathers barred with black and white, with white tips. 



Trogon violaceus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 404. — Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 

 199.3. 



Le Couroucou h chaperon violet. Biiff*. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 

 294. 



Violet-headed Curucui. Lath. Syn. 2. 491. 5. 



Rather larger than T. rufus. Beak lead-co- 

 loured at the base, and whitish at the points ; on 

 the forehead, round the eyes and the ears, it is 

 blackish -> the remainder of the head, throat, neck, 

 and breast, very dark violet ; eye-lids yellow ; back 

 and rump of a dark gilded green ; upper tail-co- 

 verts blueish green, and gilded as the others ; 

 wings brown ; coverts and lesser quills spotted 

 with white ; the two middle tail-feathers blueish 

 green, tipped with black ; the next two, on each 

 side, partly green, and partly black; the three 

 exterior ones black, barred and tipped with white. 

 Inhabits Cayenne. 



