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Trog. capite pectoreque purpureis, aliquando viridi tinctis 3 auribus guttureque nigris; dorso 3
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saturate aureo-viridi ; alis nigrescenti-brunneis, remigibus albo margimatis, secundarus tegmi- o
nibusque pulverulenti-cinereis ; ventre aurantiaco ; rectricibus intermediis duabus duarumque sal)
utrinque proximarum pogoniis externis viridibus, harum pogonis internis nigris, his omnibus 3

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nigro apiculatis, reliquis albo nigroque fasciatis.
Rostrum plumbeum, ad apicem pallidits ; pedes saturate plumbei.
Foem. Saturate ceruleo-cana, ventre aurantiaco

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3 alis nigris, secundariis tegminibusque albo

transversim lineatis ; remigibus eatimis utrinque tribus ad basin nigris, pogoniis externis albis

nigro fasciatis.

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Male.—Crown of the head and chest rich purple, ch
specimens ; throat and ears black ; back
gold; wings blackish brown,

anging to greenish purple in some
and upper tail-coverts dark green tinged with
the primaries edged with white, secondaries and lesser
Wing-coverts finely powdered with grey ; breast and underparts rich orange ; middle
tail-feathers deep green, two next on each side green on their outer webs and black
on the inner, all six tipped with black, three outer feathers on each side strongly
barred with lines of black and white ; bill lead-colour, lighter at the tip ; feet dark

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female.-—Whole of the head, chest, back, and six middle tail-feathers dark bluish grey; the o,
three lateral feathers on each side black at their base, their outer edges white barred ol
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verse lines of white; under surface orange ; bill dark horn-colour.
Total length 8? inches; bill 1; wing 45; tail 42 tarsi

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Trogon meridionalis. Swains. An. in Menag. p. 332.
sulphureus. Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. vol. i. pl. 38, p. 48 ?—Sel. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 104.
Sec Outenive eblemtd=l. 1: p- 83.
Aganus caligatus. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p- 186.
?——— devillii. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. > UG IL
?—_____ erissalis. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 190
?Trogon violaceus. Gm. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 404.
Aganus violaceus. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. fo. OO.
Trogon sulphureus. Spix, Léotaud, Ois. Trin. py LOE

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Tuts species is very sparingly dispersed over the northern parts of Brazil, but is ee abundant in Cayenne,
Trinidad, and the adjacent islands. It is one of the commonest species in our cabinets, there being few
collections sent from the last-named countries which do not contain examples.

The birds figured by Dr. Spix under the name of Trogon sulphureus are in all probability intended
for this species, but in several particulars do not accord with Wes I have therefore considered it best
to adopt the name assigned to it by Mr. Swainson, who has paid much attention to the South-American

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members of this group. ;
The sexes offer the usual differences in the colour of their plumage, the male being clothed above
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with rich green, while the female has the same parts dark bluish grey: the young during the first year
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