YELLOW-BELLIfiD GREEN 
CUCKOW. 
XhOUGH, with the beautiful figure, of Ed,-' 
wards, we have adopted his appellation of ^this 
bird, by whichl'it is of course well knowrr ; we 
cannot for a moment contend, that it ought,;; 
stri(9:ly, so to be named. It is, in fa^Sl^ t-he 
Trogon Curucui. of Linnseus ; the Rufou5> 
Cuructii, of Latham ; and, it should seem, the 
Yellow-Bellied Gurucui, of Buffon. Some,.' 
however, consider it as a variety of BufFonV 
Red-Jellied CuriiCui j which, perhaps, is the 
same t^<ng. 
The : description given by Edwards is as^ 
follows—" The wingj when closed, measures 
four inches and. a haH> The bill is thick and 
short ; and so compressed j as to distance the , 
angles pf the mouth, and make it wide in ths' 
swallow. The edges of the upper mandible 
are a little waved. The bill is yellow ; and 
surrounded with stiff black feathers, which' 
point forward and cover the nostrils^ These 
black feathers extend round the eyes, and fpF , 
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