TRO GON MEXI CAN U S, Swainson.

Mexican Trogon.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER,

Trog. supra nitenti-viridis, pectore dorsoque concoloribus ;
nigris, his cinereo punctatis ; torque pectoral alba ;
duabus intermediis viridibus nigro terminatis,
basaliter nigris late albo terminaliter Sasciatis.

Foem. Supra olivascenti-brunnea, pectore dor

gutture, regione auriculari alisque
ventre crissoque coccineis ; rectricibus

duabus proximis utrinque nigris, reliquis

soque concoloribus, hie vie rufescente lavato ;

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corpore reliquo subtis coccineo ; alis nigris brunneo
parce maculatis ; remigibus externis albo Jimbriatis ;

torque pectorali cinerascente obsoletd ;

rectricibus duabus intermediis castaneis
mgro apicatis, duabus proximis utringue negris, reliquis albo nigroque fasciatis ; rostro
brunneo, mandibuld flavd.

Adult male. —Beak bright yellow; throat and ear-coverts black, gradually blending with
the green which covers the chest and the whole of the upper surface ; two centre
tail-feathers green, with black tips, the two next on each side wholly black, the three
outer feathers on each side black, with white tips; wings black, with the exception
of the primaries dotted with grey; on the chest a crescentic band of white ; breast,
belly, and under tail-coverts a fine scarlet ; feet brown.

Total length from 11 to 12 inches ; wing 5;; tail 73.

Adult female.—The top of the head, throat, chest, and back dark brown, inclining to olive
on the upper surface and to rufous on the chest ; across the latter an obscure band of
light grey; the upper part of the belly brownish grey, the lower part and vent
scarlet ; wings black, slightly freckled with brown on the outer edges of the secondaries
and shoulders, the outer edges of the primaries fringed with white; two middle tail-
feathers chestnut-brown tipped with black, the two next on each side wholly black,
the remainder strongly barred with black and white for nearly their whole length ;
bill yellow, clouded with brown.

Trogon mexicanus. Swains. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 440.—Id. Zool. Illustr. 2nd ser. pls. 82,
107.—Gould, Monogr. Trogon. pls. 1, 2.-—Gray, Gen. B. i. p- 70.—Id. Cat. Fissir.
Brit. Mus. p. 41.—Bp. Consp. i. p. 150.—Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 367, 387.—Scl.
& Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 132, et 1860, p- 41.—Sclater, Cat. Am. B. p. 276.—-Cab. &
Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 168.—Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 82.-Scl. & Saly. Nomencl.
Av. Neotr. p. 103.
- glocttans, Licht. Preisverz. mex. Th. v. Deppe u. Schiede, p. 1, et Journ. f. Orn.
1863, p. 55.
uae —morgani, Swains.” Gould, Mon. roe edeale
Trogonurus meaicanus. Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 14.

 

Since the first edition of the present Monograph but little has been added to the history of this beautiful
Trogon. Great difficulty often attaches to the identification of the young male, which differs from the adult
in havin white bars on the tail-feathers. However, in the other edition, I was able to figure a young male,
lent me iy Mr. John Taylor, which shows the assumption of the uniform black tail, and thus precludes the
idea that these individuals with different-coloured tails belong to different species. Mr. Taylor’s specimens

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