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FASCIATED CURUCUI. 

 (Trogon fasciatus. ) 



Tr. dorso jerrugineo, corpore subtus fulvo-rubro ; capite colloque 



nigricantibus ; fascia pectorali alba; alis albo nigroque Jas- 



ciatis; cauda apice nigris. 

 Curucui with a ferruginous back, body beneath fulvtms red ; 



head and neck dusky, with a white fascia on the breast ; 



wings fasciated with black and white ; apex of the tail black. 

 Trogon fasciatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 405. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 200. 6. 



Fasciated Curucui. Lath. Syn. 2. 492. 7. 



Length ten inches and a half. Beak black, thick, 

 strong, and arched, furnished with bristles at the 

 base : orbits naked, of a dark blue : irides yellow : 

 head and neck dusky black : paler on the breast, 

 across which is a white band, beneath that the 

 whole under side is of a light, reddish, orange 

 colour : back tawney, tail-coverts grey : wing-co- 

 verts and scapulars elegantly barred with un- 

 dulating lines of black and white : quills dusky, 

 striated with white on the exterior webs : tail 

 very long, unequal, the outer feathers the shortest : 

 tip black : legs dusky. 



This species inhabits Ceylon, where it is called 

 by the inhabitants RauPvan-kondea, but it is very 

 rare. 



