CUCULIDiE. 



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Sp. H. Tr. Rienwardtii. Temm. PI. Col. 124. 



Tr. viridiSiCapite, genisy colli lateribus, fasciaquepectorali olivaceo 

 tinctis ; guld, ventre, tectricibusque caudcB inferioribus fiavis; 

 tectricibus alarum viridi flavoque strigosis; corporis lateribus 

 macula aurantid. 



Green Curucui with the head, cheeks, sides of the neck, and band 

 on the breast tinged with olive ; the throat, belly, and under 

 tail-coverts yellow ; the wing-coverts striped with green and 

 yellow ; the side of the body with an orange spot. 



Inhabits Java and the Moluccas. Length eleven 

 or twelve inches : the back and rump are deep glossy- 

 green : the top of the head is green shaded with 

 olivaceous ; the cheeks and sides of the neck, and a 

 broad band on the breast, the same : the throat, the 

 belly and the under tail-coverts are light yellow : 

 the sides have a large orange spot : these colours dis- 

 appear when the individuals have been exposed for a 

 long time : the wing-coverts are finely striped with 

 green and yellow : all the tail-feathers are bluish 

 glossy-green, and the three outer ones are tipped with 

 white ; and their outer webs are also of this colour : 

 the beak is coral-red ; and the legs orange : the tarsi 

 are feathered. 



GENUS CCLX.— CORYTHAIX, Illiger. TOURACO. 



Rostrum breve, supra con- 

 vexum, paulo arcuatum, 

 lateratim compressum, a 

 medio ad apicem denticu- 

 latum. 



Nares plumulis sericeis 

 tectae. 



Beak short, convex above, 

 a little arcuated, laterally 

 compressed, denticulated 

 from the middle to the 

 tip. 



Nostrils clothed with silky 

 feathers. 



