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and in this particular the Trogon elegans is especially conspi-

any other of the smaller species of the genus.

The female is readily distinguished from the male by her more obscure and less gay colouring.
The principal part of the foregoing appeared in the first edition of this Monograph ; during the thirty
lapsed so little ‘nformation has been acquired respecting this bird that even the

e by Mr. Salvin must be regarded with interest.
I never met with the species in Guatemala, though
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the other species of the American continent ;

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following brief note obligingly sent to m
“You ask me about Trogon elegans ; unfortunately

in collections from Vera Paz.
r to be more abundant, as Mr. George Cavendish Taylor,

I believe it does occur occasionally A little to the southward, in the neigh-
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bouring State of Honduras, the bird would appea

in his remarks on the birds observed during his
these birds in the forest, on the plain of Comayagua, and that he had no reason to suppose they were other-

wise than common (Ibis, 1860, p. 117). The only skin I possess is that of a male which was obtained
ate Mr. Bridges in the woods bordering on Virgin Bay, Lake of Nicaragua. Southward of this I

journey across that country, states that he saw several of

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know of no recorded instance of the occurrence of this Trogon.”

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