YELLOW-BELLIED GREEN CUCKOW, 
Curucuis, in truth, are a disiin6i: genus, though 
of no very distant affinity to tlie Cuckows. 
BurFon describes three species ; and he adds 
the Curucuckoo, or Cuculus Brasiliensis of 
Linnaeus and Gmelin, as participating of both 
families. The word Curucui, imitates so ex- 
a6Uy the cry of the bird, that the natives of 
Guiana omit only the first letter, and call it 
Urucoo. 
The chara6lers of the Curucuis, according 
to BufFon, are these — -" Their bill is short,, 
hooked, indented, broader than it is thick, and 
much like that of the Parrots. It is surrounded, 
at it's base, by ragged feathers, proje6ling for- 
wards, but not so long as in the bearded birds. 
The legs, also, are very short ; and feathered 
within a little of the insertion of the toes, 
which are placed two behind and two before. 
We know only three species ; and these may, 
perhaps, be reduced to two: though nomen- 
clators reckon six ; some of whiQi are varie- 
ties, and others belong to a different genus.'' 
Perhaps, as all the Curucuis are green, 
, tills bird might be called the Yeilow-Bellied 
Curucui only. 
