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London. Published by E. Donovan & Simpkin & Marshall. April 1.st 1822.
ORNITHOLOGY.
PLATE II.
TROGON VIRIDIS.
YELLOW-BELLIED GREEN TROGON,
OR
CURUCUI.
Order
PICÆ.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Bill shorter than the head, sharp edged, hooked margin of the mandibles serrated: feet scansorial or formed for climbing.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER
AND
SYNONYMS.
Green gold, beneath luteous; chin black; on the breast a green gold band.
Trogon viridis: viridi-aureus, subtus luteis, gula nigra, fascia pectorali viridi-aurea. Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 404. n. 3.