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BLUE-CHEEKED CURUCUI. 



(Trogon asiaticus.) 



Tr. viridis } fronte vertice cerviceque rubris, gula ccerulea macula 



rubra, remigibus rectricibusque nigris. 

 Green Curucui, with the forehead, crown and hind part of the 



neck red ; throat blue, with a red spot ; quills and tail-feathers 



black. 



Trogon asiaticus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 201. 8. 

 Blue-cheeked Curucui. Lath. Syn. Sup. 93. 



Nine inches in length : forehead red, edged with 

 a white line ; crown and hind part of the neck, 

 red, bounded below with a line of white, and on 

 the sides by black : from each eye a narrow red 

 line extends pointing upwards: throat blue, marked 

 with a spot of red at the bottom : the rest of the 

 body, wings and tail, a rich green, the quills ex- 

 cepted, which are black: legs green. Inhabits 

 India, 



