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MONOGRAPH

OF

THE TROGONID &.

FAMILY OF TROGONS.

BY

JOHN GOULD, F.LS., &c.

 

 

 

LONDON:

PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 20 BROAD STREET, GOLDEN SQUARE.

1838.

 

 
 
TO

THE REVEREND JOSEPH GOODALL, D.D.,

Hee Spec lah Oeste eS Ze Se

PROVOST OF ETON COLLEGE,

THIS

MONOGRAPH OF THE ‘TROGONIDA

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

Reverenp Sir,

IN dedicating to you this Monograph of one of the most beautiful
and interesting tribes of birds, I wish to testify my feelings of respect and esteem for one,
who, endowed with profound literary and scientific attamments, has long filled with so much
ability the highest station in the most celebrated of our public Colleges, that College being
the pride and ornament of a Town in which I resided for many years: and I am the more
anxious to pay you this just tribute, as you have not only noticed and encouraged my own
humble efforts to advance the study of that branch of natural history to which I have
attached myself, but have ever most liberally contributed towards the promotion of science

m general: permit me then to offer you this public testumomal of my respect and gra-

titude, and to remain,
Reverend Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

JOHN GOULD.

 

 
 
PREFACE.

HAvING brought this my second Monograph to a close, I am led to hope that my
labours in the elucidation of a tribe of birds hitherto involved in much confusion, will
not be destitute of some degree of value, more especially in the eyes of ornithologists,
introducing to their notice as it does many new species, and clearing up the difficulties
with which many of those even common in our cabinets have been previously sur-
rounded,—difficulties arising from several causes, among which may be enumerated the
differences in plumage, which obtain so often between the males and females, as well
as between the young males and the adults of the same sex, in some of the minor
groups; to which may be added the circumstance of the subject not having been at-
tempted by naturalists possessing command of those ample resources necessary for extri-

cating the subject from the labyrinth of confusion in which it has long been involved.

It would be presumptuous in me to say that this monograph is fully completed, or
that I have figured every existing species; on the contrary, I have reason to believe
that many will yet be discovered, both in the Old and New World, particularly in
those remote regions which civilized man has seldom, if ever, visited: but in order to
render the work complete up to the present time, I have not only done my utmost to
add every species to my own collection, bat have visited all the principal Museums of
Europe, both public and private, and, as in previous instances, have experienced the
greatest kindness and cooperation from the various eminent naturalists, private indivi-

duals, and the officers of the natural history department of every public institution.

 

 
 

 

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Indeed without the liberality I have experienced it would be impossible that a work
of this nature could have been successfully completed; and I am proud to bear my tes-
timony to the liberal spirit which has been manifested towards me by the scientific world
in general. Among those to whom I am especially indebted I may mention the Earl of
Derby, Prince Massena of Paris, M. Temminck, M. John Natterer of Vienna, Dr. Lichten-
stein of Berlin, W. Swainson, Esq., Sir William Jardine, Bart., and T. C. Eyton, Esq. My
thanks are also due to my friend Mr. Martin, of the Zoological Society of London, for the
kind manner in which he has at all times rendered me his assistance in this and my other

publications.

With two exceptions my drawings have been taken from actual specimens; my

reasons for these exceptions are given in the letter-press accompanying the respective

Plates.

 
INTRODUCTION.

 

In selecting the Family of Trogons as the subject of my second Monograph, I was
influenced by the full conviction, not only that it was one fraught with interest, but that
much was left buried in obscurity, which when brought to light would materially tend

to the advancement of Ornithology.

The Trogons, as their general structure and their habits sufficiently indicate, belong
to the fissirostral tribe of the Insessores. | Greatly insectivorous, they seize the flitting
insect on the wing, which their wide gape enables them to do with facility; while their
feeble tarsi and feet are such as to qualify them merely for resting on the branches, as
a post of observation, whence to mark their prey as it passes, and to which, having given
chase, to return. As in all other groups, however, we shall find modifications of the
type, constituting the ground of generic or sub-generic divisions, to which we shall advert

more fully when we come to speak of them in detail.

If not strictly elegant in form, the Trogons in the brilliancy of their plumage are
surpassed only by the Trochelide: their splendour amply compensates for every other
defect. Denizens of the intertropical regions of the Old and New World, they shroud
their glories in the deep and gloomy recesses of the forest, avoiding the light of day and
the observation of man; dazzled by the brightness of the meridional sun, morning and
evening twilight is the season of their activity. We can add, however, but little to the
elegant description of their habits given in Mr. Griffith’s edition of Cuvier’s Animal Kingdom ;

I venture therefore to quote his words.

 
 

 

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“The Trogons may dispute the palm of beauty with the humming-birds. Their
plumage in certain parts shines with metallic briliancy, and exhibits all the colours of
the rainbow. On other parts, the tints, though opake, are not less rich and splendid ;
but a very short neck, feet disproportioned to their figure and bulk, and a long and broad
tail, ijure the harmony of their form, and give them a heavy port and aspect. Their long
attenuated feathers, with barbs disarranged and luxuriant, make them appear more bulky
than they really are. These too are so feebly implanted, that they fall at the slightest

agitation. Their skin js so delicate that it will tear at the slightest tension.

“These birds are solitary and extremely jealous of their freedom. They never fre-
quent inhabited or open tracts. They delight in the silence of deserts, where they even
fly the society of their consimilars. The interior of the thickest forests is their chosen
abode for the entire year. They are sometimes seen on the summit of trees ; but in general
they prefer the centre, where they remain a portion of the day without descending to
the ground, or even to the lower branches. Here they lie in ambush for the insects
which pass within their reach, and seize them with address and dexterity. Their flight
is lively, short, vertical and undulating. Though they thus conceal themselves in the
thick foliage, it is not through distrust; for when they are in an Open space, they may
be approached so nearly as to be struck with a stick. They are rarely heard to utter
any cries, except during the season of reproduction, and then their Voice is strong, sonorous,
monotonous, and melancholy, They have many cries, from the sound of one of which

their name is derived.

“ All those whose habits are known nestle in the holes of worm-eaten trees, which

they enlarge with their bills, so as to form a comfortable and roomy residence. The

number of eggs is from two to four, and the young are born totally naked; but their

feathers begin to start two or three days after their birth.

“ E . a : ta . . . . . . o bs
The occupation of the male during incubation consists In watching for the safety

of his companion, bringing her food, and amusing her with a song, which, though we

should call it insipid, is to her, without doubt, the expression of sensibility. Some of

 
INTRODUCTION.

the Couroucous express the syllable pzo, repeated many times in succession with a powerful,
yet plaintive tone. ‘Their accent almost reminds one of the wailings of a child who has
lost its way, and it is thus that they cry to each other amidst the silence of the forests.
As soon as the young are able to provide for themselves, they separate from their parents
to enjoy that solitude and isolation which appear to constitute the supreme happiness of
the species. Their aliments are composed of larva, small worms, caterpillars, coleoptera,

and berries, which they swallow entire.

«The male, at various ages, the female, and the young, differ in their plumage,

which has given rise to the institution of more species than are really in existence.”

This account of their habits I am not only in a great measure enabled to confirm
from the information I have obtained respecting them while engaged upon the present
Monograph, but also to add a few facts, which although trifling, and in some degree
contradictory to the preceding account, will not be uninteresting. My friend Mr. John
Natterer, who has had many opportunities of observing these birds in a state of nature,
informs me that he has seen them, though very rarely, congregating together, and more
than one species in company; a circumstance which he considers may be accounted for
on the principle that instinct leads them by some migratory movement to abandon one
district at a certain season of the year in search of another, where food is more abundant.
These migrations, however, cannot be extensive, inasmuch as their wings are not adapted for a
lengthened flight; besides which, every new district of any great extent presents us with its
peculiar species ; for example, none of the species inhabiting Mexico have been found in the

Brazils, and vece versa.

The members of this family appear on general survey to be divided between America,
including its islands, and the islands of the Indian Archipelago; two or three species only
having yet been discovered on the continent of India, and those principally inhabiting
the countries bordering the Indian Seas. The great nurseries for these birds in the Old World

are the islands of Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, &c., while over the whole continent of Africa

 
 

 

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only a single species has yet been discovered. It is in South America, however, that we find
the greatest number of species, and those of the most exquisite plumage : nor is this all; for it
will be further observed that, in accordance with the great geographical distribution thus
pointed out, there exist certain characters common to the species inhabiting each region,
which, although not very apparent to the unpractised eye, constitute the basis of generic
subdivisions, and doubtless have an influence upon their habits and manners. Between the
American species, and those inhabiting India and Africa, we not only find this broad line of
distinction, but discover moreover that the birds of each country are themselves naturally

resolvable into certain minor groups, each possessing its peculiar characters, and each as

different in habits as in form.

The beautiful species of the group to which the sub-generic title of Calurus has been
applied, distinguished bya redundancy of flowing plumage, are not, as may be expected, so well
fitted for flight, or for taking their prey on the wing, as are the more closely-plumed species to
which the generic name of Trogon is now restricted ; accordingly Mr. Natterer informs me that
the gorgeous birds of the former group tenant the topmost branches of the loftiest forest trees,
clinging beneath them like Parrots, and feeding more exclusively on fruits and berries; while
on the other hand, Mr. W. S. Mac Leay states that the singular Trogon inhabiting Cuba, (the
only example of the sub-genus Temnurus ) which approximates to the Woodpeckers in the more
lengthened form of the bill, in the rigid character of the outer tail-feathers, and in the spotting
of the wings, approaches these birds also in its habits, giving a preference to the holes of
trees rather than to the branches, from the bark of which it procures the larvee and various

insects which constitute its food.

The habits of the Old World species are unfortunately much less known than those of
their American relatives. From the more robust form of their bill and their wide gape, I am
inclined to suspect that they feed even still more exclusively on insects than on fruits ; indepen-
dently, however, of the greater strength of the bill, the non-serration of the edges of the man-

dibles, and the half-denuded face, they may at all times be distinguished by the rich brown

colouring of the backs of the males, and by the entire absence of bars across the outer tail-

 
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feathers. With respect to the brown colouring of the plumage, there are, it is true, one or two
exceptions to the rule, but none to the absence of the barring of the tail-feathers, when ac-

companied by the former character.

In conclusion, I may observe, that the sub-genera into which the Trogons are now sub-
divided, are, as it appears to me, perfectly natural; and I consequently subjoin a synoptical
table, with the species arranged under the sub-genera which have been proposed by Mr. Swain-

son, while at the same time in the body of my work I retain the generic name of Trogon,

universally applied to the whole family.

Previous to the commencement of this Monograph, the number of described species
amounted only to twenty-two; to these I have added and characterised twelve others new to
science ; among which are three additional species of the sub-genus Calurus, of which only two
were previously known, and those confounded under one name. ‘The total number, therefore,
of species now known is therty-four, twenty-three of which are inhabitants of America and its

islands, fen of the Indian Islands and India, and one of Africa.

 

 
SYNOPSIS SPECIERU M.

Fam. Trogonrip™.—Genus TROGON. Mehring et Linné.

Cuar.: Rostrum triangulare, validum, tomis mandibule utriusque serratis. Nares setis tectz. Ale perbreves.
Tarst plumosi. Digit antici duo usque ad articulum primum connexi; digiti externi brevissimi.

Cauda nigra, ad apicem alba, apice quadrato ; 3 : : 1. Mevicanus.
Facie, capite anticé, auribus, guttureque nigris”—. ; : : 2. elegans.
Caude rectricibus tribus externis ad basin nigris, ad apicem albis, in me-

dio albis maculis parvis numerosis sparsis nigris_ . : : 3. ambiguus.
Rectricibus caude tribus externis nigro distincté fasciatis . : 4. collaris.

Capite supra pectoreque purpureis ; corpore subtis saturate coccineo 5. variegatus.
Capite, collo, pectoreque intensé violaceis; abdomine medio crissoque

aurantiacis ; rectricibus caudee tribus externis nigro fasciatis . 6. caligatus.
Primariss ad basin albis : . 7. atricollis.
Hee species genere minima rectricibus caude externis nigro laté

fasciatis 5 : ; . 8. meridionalis.
Capite supra guttureque violaceo-purpureis; abdomine aurantiaco ;

rectricibus caude externis haud fasciatis : : 9. melanopterus.
Capite, gutture, pectoreque nigris, rectricibus caudz tribus externis nota

quadrata alba ad apicem ornatis . ; ; 10. melanocephala.
Abdomine citrino é : 11. citreolus.

Abdomine aurantiaco ; rectricibus caude tribus externis albis haud fas-
Ciatisie : é : é : : , 4 : é 12. aurantius.
Abdomine coccineo; rectricibus caudé tribus externis albis haud fas-

Glas : : : : : : : : 13. Surucura.
Rectricibus caude tribus externis nigris, pectore fascid alb4 carente 14. Massena.
Cauda permagna, rectricibus tribus externis nigris : 15. macroura.
Cauda mediocri, rectricibus tribus externis nigris ; : : 16. melanura.

HARPACTES, Swainson.

Cuar.: Rostrum fortius quam in genere Trogon dicto ; mandibulis utrisque ad apicem profundé indentatis ; tomiis
levibus. Nares ex parte denudate. Tarsi semi-plumosi. Dzégiti antici minds connexi.

Vertice, gutture, pectoreque nigris; nuchd coccinea. : 5 1. Temminckit.
Rectricibus caudee tribus externis ad basin nigris, apicem versus nigris

albisque marmoratis 2. Diardit.
Capite, nucha, gutture pectoreque fuliginoso-nigris 3. Malabaricus.
Uropygio, caudzeque tectricibus superioribus coccineis 4. Duvaucelii.
Capite guttureque sordide sanguineis_ . ; , 5. erythrocephalus.
Speciei Hrythrocephalus dicte assimilis; differt autem statura majore

caudaque longiore : : : : : 6. Hodgsoniv.
Pectore rosaceo 7. ardens.
Capite, gutture, pectoreque lutescentibus —. : : 8. Oreskios.

APALODERMA, Swainson.

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Cuar.: Rostrum ut in genere Trogon dicto ; denticulis feré obsoletis. Pedes fortiores ; digitis usque ad basin fissis.

 

Gutture pectoreque viridibus ; abdomine coccineo : 1. Narina.
Gutture flavo : : 2. Reimwardtit.
Pectore, corpore subtus albo : : : 3. Gigas ?

TEMNURUS, Swainson.
Cuar.: Rostrum ut in genere Trogon dicto. Caude rectrices ad apicem furcate, apicibus divergentibus.
Gutture pectoreque cineraceo-albis : : 1. albicollis.
Primariis albo fasciatis ; ventre rosaceo 2. roseigaster ?
CALURUS, Swainson.

Cuar.: Rostrum haud serratum. Caput crista compressa ornata. Caude tectrices elongate caudamque celantes.

Cristatus ; tectricibus superioribus perlongis : : ; : 1. resplendens.
Cristatus ; crista frontali nares tegente ; 2. pulchellus.
Haud cristatus; cauda toté nigré ; rostro ad basin rubro.. : 3. Pavoninus.

Rectricibus caude tribus externis albo terminatis; rostro olivaceo-corneo 4. fulgidus.
Cauda metallicé ccerulea ; rectricibus utrsique tribus externis ad apicem
large albis

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Trogon Mexicanus, Swains. (adult male.)
Trogon Mexicanus, Swains. (young male and female.)

Trogon elegans, Gould.

. Trogon ambiguus, Gould.

. Trogon collaris, Vievll.

}. Trogon variegatus, Spiz.

. Trogon caligatus, Gould.

. Trogon atricollis, Viedll.

. Trogon meridionalis, Swains.

. Trogon melanopterus, Swains. (male and female.)
. Trogon melanopterus, Swains. (young male.)
. Trogon melanocephala, Gould.

. Trogon citreolus, Gould.

. Trogon aurantius, Spiz.

. Trogon Surucura, Vieill.

. Trogon Massena, Gould.

. Trogon macroura, Gould.

. Trogon melanura, Swains*.

 

 

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Trogon (Temnurus) albicollis.

Trogon (Temnurus?) roseigaster, Vieill.

. Trogon (Calurus) resplendens, Gould.
2. Trogon (Calurus) pulchellus, Gould.
. Trogon (Calurus) Pavoninus.

. Trogon (Calurus) fulgidus, Gould.

Trogon (Calurus) neoxenus, Gould.

. Trogon (Apaloderma) Narina.

7. ‘Trogon (Apaloderma) Reinwardtii.

. Trogon (Apaloderma) Gigas.

. Trogon (Harpactes) Temminckii, Gould.

. Trogon (Harpactes) Diardii.

. Trogon (Harpactes) Malabaricus, Gould.

2. Trogon (Harpactes) Duvaucelii.

. Trogon (Harpactes) erythrocephalus, Gould.
. Trogon (Harpactes) Hodgsonii, Gould.

. Trogon (Harpactes) ardens.

. Trogon (Harpactes) Oreskios.

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TROGON CALIGATUS, Goud.
Booted ‘Trogon.

Trog. Capite, collo, pectoreque intense violacers ; dorso, uropygio tectricibusque caude entense et

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metallice viridibus ; ala nigra, im medio cinerea, linersque delicatis nigris undatim notata ;
primariis eatts albo margimatis ; rectricebus caudee duabus intermediis, nec non proaximis
duabus ad barham externam, intense et metallicée viridibus, his ad harbam internam et ad

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apicem, tllarumque apicibus ngris ; ad has utrinquée proxima nigra extus albo notata ; re-
liquis alternatim albo nigroque fasciatis, ad apicem large albis ; lateribus cinereis ; abdomine
medio, crissoque aurantiacis ; plumis femorum tarsorumque nigris, fimbrid alba anticé ad basin

digitorum ; rostro ceerulescenti-corneo ; pedibus oliwacers.

Head, neck, and chest deep violet; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts deep metallic green ;
centre of the wing grey, marked transversely with very minute, irregular, and wavy lines
of black; remainder of the wing black, with the primaries edged externally with white ;
two centre tail-feathers and the outer web of the next on each side deep glossy green, the
inner webs of the two latter, and the tips of all six black; the next.on each side black,
with a row of white spots on the outer margin; the three lateral feathers on each side al-
ternately barred with black and white, and largely upped with white ; flanks grey ; centre
of the abdomen and under tail-coverts orange yellow ; feathers of the thighs and tarsi black
terminating in a fringe of white immediately above the toes; bill bluish horn colour ;
feet olive.

Total length, 8: inches; be//, 1; wing, 42; tail, 5 ; tarsi, +.

Trogon caligatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI. 1838.

 

I recrer exceedingly that it is not in my power to lay before my readers any account relative to the history
of the elegant little Trogon figured in the accompanying Plate. My own specimen, which is a male, is the
only one I have seen; I procured it during a recent visit to Paris, from a collection of South American birds :
I was unable to obtain any information respecting its true habitat; but that portion of South America
which extends from the Spanish Main to the River Amazon will in all probability ultimately prove to be its
native locality.

It is one of the least of the genus, and is rendered remarkable by the circumstance of the tarsi being thickly
clothed down to the toes; the black bars on the outer tail-feathers are also broad, and well-defined; and,
contrary to what obtains in every other species, these bars are not confined to the three lateral feathers, but
the outer web of the fourth partakes of the same character, although to a less extent.

 
 
 

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TROGON CITREOLUS, Gould.

Mas. Trog. vertice, collo, dorso, guttureque ccerulescenti-viridibus ; rectricibus duabus intermediis
ad apicem, proximarum duarum utrinque pogonis internis, reliquisque ad basin nigris, his
apicem versus albis ; ventre citrino in aurantiacum vergente ; als brunnescenti-nigris, rectri-
cum pogoniis externis albo fimbriatis ; rostro ceerulescenti-corneo ; pedibus brunneis.

Fem. Capite, gutture, dorsoque saturaté cinereis ; rectricibus sex intermediis brunnescenti-nigris ;

an caeteris marz semillima.

Male. Crown of the head, neck, back and throat bluish green; tips of the two middle tail-
feathers, the internal web of the two next on each side, and the base of the remainder black,
the rest of each feather white ; abdomen lemon-yellow passing into orange ; wings brownish
black, the outer webs of the primaries fringed with white; bill bluish horn colour; feet
brown.

Female. Head, throat and back dark grey; six middle tail-feathers brownish ; in other respects
the same as in the male.

Total length, 10+ inches; bzl/, 1; wing, 5+; tail, 6; tarsi, $.

Trogon citreolus, Gould in Proe. of Zool. Soc. Part III. 1835, p. 30.

 

Tuts interesting and very rare Trogon is a native of Mexico, and may be distinguished from all other known
species by the delicate lemon-yellow of the under surface, by the greater extent of the white on the lateral
tail-feathers, and by the uniform colouring of the central portion of the wing.

The birds figured in the accompanying Plate are an immature male, and an adult female. When more
fully adult, the male has the whole of the head, neck, chest, and upper surface of an uniform rich green.
The specimens from which the above description and the figures are taken form a part of the collection of
the Zoological Society, in which are also contained nearly all the species represented in the present Mono-
graph.

 
 
 

 

 

 

 
TROGON AURANTIUS, Spix.

Orange-breasted Trogon.

Mas. Trog. vertice, pectoreque violaceo-ceruleis nitore viridi, gutture nigrescenti; dorso et
uropygio intense viridibus, hoc ccerulescenti ; alis negris, in medio liners delicatis cinereis
undatim striatis ; prinaris albo extis marginatis lateribus cinereis ; abdomine medio crisso-
que splendidé aurantiacis ; rectricibus caude duabus intermediis intense viridibus 3 utrisque
duabus proximes nigrescentifuscis extus viridi lavatis, his atque illis ad apicem albis ; rectri-
cibus tribus externis nigrescentifuscis per dimidium basale, dimidio apicali albo; rostro
liwide corneo ; pedibus plumbers.

Foem. Capite, corpore supra, gutture, pectore, lateribusque nigrescenti-cinerets ; cauda negrescentt-
cinered, rectricibus intermediis ad apicem nigerrimis, tribus eaternis albo extius marginatis,
apicibusque albis; ala media albo striata; abdomine medio, crissoque aurantiacis ; rostro

obscure corneo, ad apicem pallidiore ; pedibus plumbers.

Male. Crown of the head and chest violet blue, with green reflections, passing into brownish
black on the throat ; back and rump rich dark green inclining to blue on the latter ; wings
black, with the centre very finely striated with greyish white, and the primaries margined
on the outer edges with white ; flanks grey ; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts
rich orange yellow; two centre tail-feathers rich green ; the two next on each side blackish
brown, tinged with green on their outer webs, and all six tipped with black; the three
lateral feathers on each side blackish brown at the base, and pure white for the remainder
of their length; bill blueish horn-colour ; feet lead colour.

Female. Head, all the upper surface, throat, chest, flanks and tail dark blackish grey, the
middle feathers of the latter tipped with jet black, and the three lateral ones on each side
margined on their external webs, and tipped with white ; centre of the wing striated with
white ; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts orange yellow ; bill dark horn colour,
becoming lighter at the point ; feet lead colour.

Total length, 10: inches; bell, 1; wing, 5; tatl, 6; tarsi, +.

Trogon aurantius, Spix, Av. Sp. Nov., tom. 1. p. 47. tab. xxxvi.

 

I wave but little hesitation in referring the present beautiful species to the Zrogon aurantius of Spix, and
this opinion coincides with that of my friend Mr. John Natterer, who when in London examined my speci-
mens, and informed me that it was not uncommon in the woods near Rio de Janeiro: I have myself received
it from various parts of the Brazils, which country would appear to constitute its natural habitat. Much
difference exists in the colour of the upper surface of different specimens, particularly in the head and throat ;
some having those parts of a rich violet purple, while others have the same parts of a rich metallic green ;
but as I find no difference in their relative admeasurements, I am led to regard them as merely varieties of the
same species. The plumage of the young male resembles that of the female, but the central tail-feathers are
at all times glossed with green on the upper surface: they are however apt to puzzle the ornithologist unless
he has made himself acquainted with the peculiar changes of the tribe, from the circumstance of the feathers
of the body frequently undergoing a change before those of the wings and tail. I have a specimen in my col-
lection, in which an almost perfect change has taken place in the plumage of the body, its tint being nearly
as rich as that of the adult : this specimen is also rendered more remarkable by the centre of the wing having
assumed the fine and minute markings of maturity, while the tail resembles that of the female, in which the
white only occupies the outer webs and extreme tips of three lateral feathers.

Habitat. Brazils.

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TROGON MASSENA, Gould.

Prince Massena’s Trogon.

Mas. Trog. vertice, corpore supra, pectoreque nitidé viridibus ; loro, plumes auricularibus, et
gutture nigris ; ala media cinerea nigro delicate striata, primariis extus albo marginatis ;
rectricibus cauda duabus intermedius purpureo-viridibus, ad apicem nigris ; reliquis NIQTIS ;
pectore, corporeque subtus cocciners ; rostro flavo ; pedibus cinereo-olivacers.

Fem. Vertice, corpore supra, gutture, pectore, abdomineque superiore intensé cceruleo-cinereis ;
abdomine imo, lateribus, crissoque coccineis, alis cauddque nigris ; secondariis, tectrictbusque
ale minoribus guttulis cinereis adspersis ; mandibuld superiore nigra, imferiore flava ; pe-

dibus fuscis.

Male. Crown of the head, all the upper surface and chest fine green ; lores, ear-coverts and
throat black, gradually passing into the green; centre of the wing finely pencilled with
black on a grey ground ; primaries black, margined on their external webs with white ;
two centre tail-feathers purplish green, tipped with black, the remainder wholly black ;
breast and under surface rich scarlet ; bill yellow ; feet greyish olive.

Female. Crown of the head, the upper surface, throat, chest and upper half of the belly dark
bluish grey ; lower part of the belly, flanks and under tail coverts scarlet ; wings and tail
black, the secondaries and lesser wing-coverts powdered with extremely fine spots of grey ;
upper mandible black ; lower mandible yellow; feet dark brown.

Total length, 14 inches ; bell, 14; wing, 7+; taal, 7; tarsz, +.

I sevieve I may safely assert that no example of this fine Trogon exists in any of the public or private
collections of England. On the continent, however, I have had opportunities of examining specimens in
the Museums at Vienna and Leyden, and in the fine collection of the ‘‘ Jardin de Plantes,” at Paris: Prince
Massena also possesses several examples ; among which there is a series consisting of the old and young
male, and the female ; and it is from these that my figures are taken.

In dedicating this species to Prince Massena, I am desirous of paying a just compliment to a nobleman
ardently attached to the science of Zoology, and to acknowledge his many acts of kindness towards myself.

Habitat. Mexico.

 
 
 
 

 

 

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Large-tailed Trogon.

Trog. capite, corpore supra pectoreque splendidé aureo-viridibus, uropygro ceerulescenti; loro,
plumis auricularibus et gutture nigris ; alis mgris, in medio liners delicatis cinerers undatim
striatis ; primarus extis albo marginatis ; pectore albo fasciato; cerpore subtus intense
coccineo ; cauda nigra, rectricibus duabus intermediis viridescenti-purpureo splendentibus,
nec non utrisque proximis duabus ad marginem externum; reliquis guttuls cinereis ad-
spersis ; rostro flavo ; pedibus plumbers.

Head, all the upper surface and chest rich golden green, tinged with blue on the rump ; lores,
ear-coverts and throat black, gradually passing into the golden green ; wings black, with
the centre finely striated with irregular wavy lines of greyish white; and the primaries
margined externally with white; across the breast a band of white, beyond which all the
under surface is of a rich fiery scarlet; tail black, the two centre feathers, and the external
webs of the two next on each side glossed with greenish purple, the remainder powdered
with very fine specks of greyish white ; bill yellow ; feet lead colour.

Total length, 13 inches ; dzd/, 14; wing, 63; tadl, 8; tarsz, 3.

Trogon macroura, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VI. 1838.

Tue specimen from which the accompanying drawing is taken was procured in Paris; it had a label at-
tached, on which was the word ‘‘ Mezique,” and this was all the information I could obtain respecting it.
I have since seen other examples in a collection sent from Carthagena, whence I am led to infer that the
Caraccas, the Spanish Main, and the southern portions of Mexico are its true habitat.

In its colour it is so closely allied to the Trogon melanurus, that it might readily be mistaken for that species ;

but it is so much larger in all its measurements, that I feel confident it is specifically distinct, and have
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Black-tailed Trogon.

Mas. Trog. vertice, pectore summo corporeque supra, intensé aureo-viridibus ; loro, plumis aur-
cularibus, guldque nigris, hoc colore in aureo viridi transeunte ; pectore albo transversim. fas-
ciato ; corpore subtus pulcherrimeé coccmeo ; alis nigris, in medio liners delicatis albis striates,
primarusque extus albo marginatis ; cauda nigra, rectricibus sex intermediis, purpureo
et viridi tinctis; duabus externis extus lineis obscuris albis striatis ; rostro flavo ; pedibus
stramineis.

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Male. Crown of the head, chest and all the upper surface dark golden green ; space between
the bill and the eye, ear-coverts and throat black gradually passing into the golden green ;
breast crossed by a band of white, beyond which all the under surface is rich fiery
scarlet; wing black, the centre striated with fine wavy lines of white, and the primaries
margined externally with the same colour ; tail black, the six centre feathers tinged with

purple and green, and the outer web of the lateral feather on each side faintly striated

 

with white, as in the centre of the wing; bill yellow ; feet straw yellow.

Female. Head, all the upper surface, throat and breast dark grey ; wings and tail black, with
a faint indication of the white strize on the centre of the wing and the outer webs of the
lateral tail-feathers ; vent and under tail-coverts scarlet.

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Total length, 12 inches ; bell, 1s; wing, Or ; tail, 64; tarsi, +.

Le Couroucou d Amerique male a ventre rose, Le Vaill. Hist. des Couroucous, Pl. 1.
_________—. @ ventre rose dans son premier Gge, Hist. des Couroucous, Rio
Couroucou & ventre rouge de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enl. 452. male, 737. female.

Trogon Curucut, Griff. An. Kingd. vol. vn. p. 474.

— melanurus, Swains.

 

 

Tue present bird is one of the oldest known and commonest species of the genus, but so much confusion has
existed respecting the South American members of the group that I have been induced to adopt the specific
title of melanurus given to this species by Mr. Swainson. Both sexes are figured by Le Vaillant in his *‘ Histoire
des Couroucous et des Barbus,” Pls. 1 and 2, and he states it to be a native of Cayenne. I have myself fre-
quently observed it in collections from Demerara, and if I mistake not from Trinidad. Mr. Natterer also
informs me that he once, and only once, observed it on the banks of the River Paraguay ; I am therefore led

to consider that the interior of Demerara will constitute its natural habitat.

 

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Rosy-vented Trogon.

“ T. supra viridi-aureus ; gula, jugulo, pectoreque griseo-viridibus ; corpore subtius rosaceo ; rec-
tricibus intermediis ceeruleis ; lateribus extis et apice albis ; rostro pedibusque flavis.”

“ Crown of the head, neck, cheeks, mantle and upper tail-coverts brilliant aqua-marine green ;
throat, forepart of the neck and chest pearly grey, changing into aqua-marine green ;
under surface rosy red; middle tail-feathers changeable bluish green ; lateral feathers
white on their exterior webs and tips ; wing-coyerts finely rayed with greenish black and
white ; quills alternately barred with black and white ; bill and feet yellow.”

“ Couroucou a ventre rouge de Saint Dominique, Buff., Hist. Nat. des Ois.
“ Le Couroucou a calegon rouge, ou Le Couroucou Damoiseau, Le Vaill., Hist. Nat. des Courou-
cous, pl. 13.”

Le Couroucou Damoiseau, T. roseigaster, Vieill., Tab. Ency. et Méth., troisiéme partie, p. 1359.

Tuts species is so extremely rare that I have never been able to see a specimen in any collection, nor to learn
anything respecting it; but as I am perfectly satisfied of its being a good species, rather than omit it I have
copied the figure published by Le Vaillant in his Hist. Nat. des Couroucous ; and also the short account he
has there given of it.

‘“‘ This species comes from St. Domingo, and is alluded to by Buffon, who seems to have considered it a
mere local variety of the Couroucou a ventre rouge de la Guyane. But I think that a comparison of our
figure of this species with those of the species alluded to in its adult, as well as its young state, will convince
any one of Buffon’s mistake in this respect.

“I am not aware whether the individual which forms part of my collection be male or female; I know,
however, for certain that it is an adult. It is surprising that M. le Chevalier Lefebvre Deshayes, who has
given so long an account of this species, should have said nothing upon the differences of the sexes,—a kind
of information in my opinion which would have been more instructive than what he tells us, when he says,
that this bird with its beak reduces to powder sound wood when it cannot find worm-eaten wood to de-
posit its eggs in, which certainly seems like an impossibility. This species is very rare in collections, for I
have only seen, in addition to the specimen in my own collection, two others in the collections of the late
Abbé Aubry and Dr. Mauduit. It has never been in the collection of the Paris Museum, although Buffon is
quite correct in saying that he received a figure and description of it.”

In the ‘‘ Tableau Encyclopédique,” above-quoted, M. Vieillot states that it is found in Mexico, but from my
own knowledge of the group I am of opinion that he is mistaken on this point, and that he has confounded
it with a species inhabiting that country. In its affinities it is most nearly allied to the Trog. temnurus ;
the marking of the wing and other particulars being very similar in both species.

At Saint Domingo several names are applied to it ; in some of the provinces it is called Calecon rouge, in
others Dame, or Demoiselle Anglaise; and also Pie de Montagnes, from its continually residing among the

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Beautiful Trogon.

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Trog. capite, gula, corpore supra humeris, tectricebus ale, caudaque splendide aureo-viridibus ;

primariis rectricibusque caude sex intermedis nigris ; rectricibus tribus externis albis et ad

basin ngris ; abdomine, lateribus, crissoque coccineis ; rostro flavo ; pedibus plumbers.

Head, throat, all the upper surface, shoulders, wing-coverts, and upper tail-coverts rich golden
green; primaries and six middle tail-feathers jet black ; the three lateral tail-feathers black
at the base, and pure white for the remainder of their length ; abdomen, flanks, and under
tail-coverts rich carmine red ; bill yellow ; feet lead colour.

Total length, 14 inches ; bed/, 1+; weng, 72 ; Tall | Ons

Trogon (Calurus) pulchellus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VI. 1838.

 

For the discovery of this beautiful species science 1s indebted to M. D’Orbigny of Paris, who obtained it,
together with many other rarities, during his travels in Peru. When recently at Paris, I was permitted by
the Officers of the Zoological Department of the “ Jardin de Plantes” to take a sketch and description of
the specimen in the national collection, from which the accompanying drawing was executed.

No species of this group exceeds the present bird either in the richness of its colouring or in the elegance
of its form. It differs from the Resplendent Trogon in being rather less in size ; in having an elevated tuft
of feathers springing from the forehead and covering the nostrils and the greater part of the bill, instead of a
rounded and compressed crest covering the whole of thie head as in that species ; in the greater extent of
the white on the three lateral tail-feathers, and in the prolonged upper tail-coverts exceeding the tail by
about two inches only.

At the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Liverpool in September
1837, I proposed the name of Peruvianus for this species ; but as their Report is not yet published, and
Mr. Swainson has since characterized another species under that name, I have found it necessary to alter

my specific appellation to pulchellus in order to prevent confusion.

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Mas. Trog. capite, gula, pectore, tectricibus alarum, dorso, tectricibusque caude intense aureo-
veridibus ; harum duabus caudam ipsam quoad longitudinem excellentibus ; alis nigris, pri-
maris extus fusco marginatis; rectricibus caude sex intermediis omnind nigris, reliquis
albis, et ad basin nigris ; abdomine, lateribus, crissoque intense sanguineis ; rostro corneo, ad
basin pallidiore ; pedibus fuscis.

Foem. Capite, collo, pectoreque viridescenti-olivacers ; corpore supra intense viridi ; alis nigris,
rectricibus caude sex intermedis nigris ; reliquis cineraceis fascus tribus vel quatuor fuscis

ornatis, et ad basin fuscescenti-nigris.

Male. Head, throat, chest, wing-coverts, back, and upper tail-coverts deep golden green; the
two longest of the upper tail-coverts rather longer than the tail ; wings black, the primaries
margined externally with brown; six centre tail-feathers wholly black; the three lateral
feathers on each side black at the base, and pure white for the remainder of their length ;
abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts deep carmine red; bill horn colour, becoming
lighter at the base ; feet dark brown.

Female. Head, neck, and chest greenish olive brown; all the upper surface deep green ;_ wings
black ; six middle tail-feathers black ; the three lateral feathers brownish black at the base,
and greyish white for the remainder of their length, the latter portion crossed by three or
four irregular arrow-shaped markings of blackish brown ; bill and feet as in the male.

Total length, 13 inches ; bell, 12; wing, 7 ; tan, © = tarsi, =

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Trogon fulgidus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI. 1838.

 

Two examples of this rare species, (an adult male and female,) are in the possession of Madame Goubie at
Paris, to whose collection I was introduced through the kindness of Monsieur Florent Prevost. I am also in-
debted to Mr. John Leadbeater for an opportunity of comparing my drawing of the species with a bird in his
collection which is the identical specimen referred to by M. Temminck in the letter-press of the bird he has
called Pavoninus, and which he observes had not the lengthened plumes. Although Mr. Leadbeater’s bird
has lost the outer tail-feather on each side, has a more golden tint pervading the whole of the green, and a
lighter-coloured bill, I am inclined to consider it identical with the bird here represented.

No doubt exists in my mind as to the specific value of the Trogon fulgidus, differing as it does from all
the other members of the group; it may be distinguished from the Trogon Pavoninus of Spix by its rather
larger size, by the male having the outer tail-feathers largely tipped with white, instead of being wholly black,
and by the outer tail-feathers of the female being greyish w hite, crossed with dark brown on both webs instead
of being spotted with white on the outer web and tip only. |

I am unable to state the precise locality inhabited by this species ; but judging from the circumstance of its

being contained in a collection which I believe had been received from Guiana, we may reasonably conclude
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TROGON NEOXENUS, Goud

Welcome Trogon.

(Young Male.)

Mas. jun. Trog. capite, collo, pectore femoribusque cineraceo-fuscis ; plumis dorsi, uropygique,

tectricibus ale, superioribusque caude, ad basin Juscis, ad apicem metallic viridibus ;  alis
Suscis, promarus ad basin eatis albo marginatis ; cauda metallice ceeruled, rectricibus
utringue tribus externis ad apicem large albis ; abdomine crissoque splendide coccineis ; rostro

plumbeo ; pedibus fuscrs.

Head, neck, breast and thighs greyish brown; all the feathers of the back, rump, upper tail-
and wing-coverts brown at the base, and deep shining metallic green at the extremity ;
wings brown, the primaries margined on the base of the exterior web with greyish white ;
tail deep metallic blue, the three lateral feathers on each side largely tipped with white ;
abdomen and under tail-coverts rich scarlet; bill lead colour ; feet brown.

Total length, 134 inches; Sz//, 1; wing, 7%; tarl, 8 ; tarsi

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Trogon neoxenus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI., 1838.

I nave seldom been more gratified by the sight of any species of this beautiful family than I was on the
receipt of the bird figured in the accompanying Plate, which exhibits characters of the highest interest,
although the specimen (the only one I have seen) is evidently in a state of immaturity. Judging from analogy,
I should conceive that it is the young male of an aberrant species of that splendid minor group, to which
the sub-generic name of Cadurus has been applied ; and that the adult, which is at present unknown, will,
whenever it is discovered, prove to be a bird of very great beauty. ‘The individual represented was received
from Mexico by John Taylor, Esq., by whom it was presented to the Zoological Society of London.

The difieuley of assigning a specific name to any species of which the young only has been seen, has
induced me to propose that of neoxenus (welcome stranger) for the present bird, adult examples of which

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TROGON GIGAS, Vierll.

Giant Trogon.

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T. Supra flavescente-viridis, nitens ; pectore, corpore subtus albis; rostro flavo; pedibus

G fulsces.

“ Head, throat, neck, upper surface, scapularies, rump and upper tail-coverts shining golden
green; chest and under surface white; tail golden green above, whitish grey beneath;
centre of the wing finely rayed across with blackish green and white, the remainder of the
wing brownish black; bill yellow ; feet brown.”

“ Le Grand Couroucou a ventre blanc de Java, ou le Couroucou geant, Le Vaill. Hist. Nat. des
Couroucous, Pl. 12.”

“ Le Couroucou géant, T. Gigas, Vieill. 2nd Edit. du Nouy. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. tom. 8. p. 315.”
Vieill. Tab. Ency. et Méth. troisiéme partie, p. 1359.

 

Tus species, like the 7. roseigaster, is so extremely rare that I have never seen an example in any of the
numerous collections I have examined. M. Temminck informs me that he has a specimen as stated by Le
Vaillant, but owing to the Leyden collection being at present inaccessible, he could not favour me with the
loan of it; I have therefore thought it best to copy Le Vaillant’s figure, with a slight alteration as to position,
and subjoin below all that he has said respecting it.

‘© This handsome Indian species is not only new, but the largest of its genus. It is 18 inches long from
the top of the head to the extremity of the tail. Its body is twice the size of the largest American species.

“I have only seen three specimens of this fine species ; one in the collection of M. Carbintus at the Hague,

a second at Rotterdam in the possession of M. Gevers, and another in the large and splendid collection of

my friend M. Temminck at Amsterdam. This individual, from which our figure was taken, was sent along
with manv other birds from Java. I have seen a fourth specimen in the Paris Museum ; but as it was in an

imperfect state, it has not as yet been placed in the gallery.”

 

 
 
 

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TROGON HODGSONITI, Gould.

Hodgson’s Trogon.

Mas. Trog. capite, collo
1g. capite, » pectore, corporeque subtus intense sancuineis :
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caudee superioribus, flav - Fuses
aves 1- : alis 7 cys
| ue es centi-fuscis ; alis in medio lineis delicatis albi Ore,
primariis nigris, ex us aibo anD Ore tries catis aibis et nigris striatis ;
: a § 3 rectricibus caudee duabus i os
o eon abus entermedirs IS
apicem nigris ; utrisque proximis NIQTIS 3 E& ae

dorso, tectricibusque

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linea castanea prope calamum excurrent ae a partes basin versus, castaneis ; intis
ee ne V1 € ornatis ; ad has proximis niors \ :
dimidiam partem castaneis ; rectrictbus reliqui a a oxumis negris, extus ad basin per
: ? reliquis ngris, ad apr “oe
foe : ; : 2728, pecem large a
nigro ; pedibus olivaceis. s ge albo notatis ;

oem Quoad color em a fe na ed | E
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H sp y rocephalus dictee haud distin 2 potest.

rostro

Head, neck, breast and all the under surface deep blood red; back and i
sandy brown; centre of the wing striated with fine wavy nes sy jae ee
maries black, margined on their outer webs with white ; oe Sone ae ee oh
chestnut brown, tipped with black; the next on each side Hee with ae i -
base of the outer web, and a fine line down the side of the ee on aks a ae :
chestnut brown; the next on each side black with the basal half of the outer i - os
chestnut brown; the three lateral feathers on each side black largely tipped mike oe
which extends for some length down the outer web; bill black ; ee olive.
Total length, 133 inches; wing, 53; taal, 8 ; tarse, +.

 

ix the letter-press accompanying the preceding species (Zrog.. erythrocephalus) I have stated the range of that
ae exiend Hom Rangoon to the rich valley of Nepaul, believing as I then did that the bird here figured
was identical with that species. At the time that account was published I had only seen a single specimen of
the bird inhabiting the latter country: the lapse of two years has afforded me opportunities of inspecting other
specimens from this highly interesting and little explored region, an examination of which has convinced me

that the Nepaulese bird is specifically distinct. I have also gained some further information respecting the

range of 7. erythrocephalus, which I can now positively state to extend to the Islands of the Indian Ocean as

well as Rangoon, specimens having been forwarded to me by M. Temminck, who received them direct from

Sumatra.

In naming the present species after Mr.
to a gentleman, who, besides diligently fulfilling
of science, and that too, in a country, the interesting nature of whose productions will crown his labours with

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success ; and whose forthcoming work, on the Zoolog

Hodgson of Nepaul, I am desirous of paying a slight compliment
his high official duties, is labouring with assiduity in the field

y of those regions, cannot fail to be of the highest

interest.

The 7. Hodgsonii differs fron
cularly in the size and length of th
pressed bill; the colouring also in all th
which is much duller on the head and chest ;
a dull grey colouring, which would appear to I
the task of incubation.

I subjoin the measurements of the two spec

1 T. erythrocephalus in being considerably larger in all its proportions, parti-
e tail, while at the same time it possesses a smaller and more com-
e specimens I have seen is less vivid, particularly in the blood red,
in several specimens the scarlet had entirely given way to

nave been the consequence of the bird having just performed

‘es in order that their differences may be more clearly per-

ceptible.
Trogon Hodg'sonit.
Trogon erythrocephalus.
The female so closely resemb
Habitat. Nepaul.

tail, 8 ; tarsi, 4.
tail, 61 ; tarsi, 2.

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Total length 13: inches ; wing, 92 3
Total length 11: inches ; wing, 9 3
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TROGON ARDENS, Temm.

Rosy-breasted Trogon.

Mas. Trog. vertice, nucha, plumisque auricularibus inte

N . . as
ae j NSé sanguineo-rubris 5 dorso, tectricibusque
caude superioribus rufo-castaneis ; ald in medio negra line
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nata ; premarus nigris, extis albo marginatis ;

castaneis, ad apicem NIQTIS ; utringue prox

ts delicatis albis, transversim or-
rectricibus caudee duabus entermedirs rufo-
ems duabus omnind negris ; reliquis, ad apicem
83 pectore rosaceo; abdomine coceineo ; rostro auran-
teaco, ad basin ceeruleo ; pedibus flavescenti-fuscis,

Fem. Vertice, Senisque intense fuscis ; gula nigre

largé albis, ad basin nigrescenti-fusci

; J a
scenti-fusca ; dorso tectrecibusque caudee supe-
reoribus obscuré rubricatis ; pectore et abdomine pallide ochraceo-fuscis,
cente ; ala in medio ngrescenti-fusci, linets ochraceo-fusci

zn mare.

crisso potius flaces-
\ : re sete
5, (ransversim notatis ; caudd sicit

Male. Crown of the head, back of the neck and ear-coverts dark blood red; throat black ;
back and upper tail-coverts reddish chestnut ; centre of the wing black crossed with fine
lines of white ; primaries black, externally margined with white ; two centre tail-feathers
reddish chestnut tipped with black; the two next on each side wholly black; the three
outer on each side largely tipped with white, which gradually passes into blackish brown
at the base; chest delicate rosy red ; the remainder of the under surface scarlet ; bill orange
yellow, passing into blue at the base; feet yellowish brown.

Beale: Crown of the head and cheeks dark brown ; throat blackish brown; back and upper
tail-coverts dull reddish; breast and all the under surface light sandy brown, becoming
more yellow on the under tail-coverts ; centre of the wing blackish brown, crossed with
lines a sandy brown; tail as in the male.

Total length, 12 inches; dz/l, 17; wong, 5%; tail, 8; tarse, 3.

Trogon ardens, Temm., Pl. Col. 404.

: ird ived the specific appellation of ardens from M. Temminck, whose description and figure,
Tuts fine bird received the s} a ¢ ie Rinake niche voseroe Gente
blished in the ‘‘ Planches Coloriées,” was taken from a specimen o : I

shed in the é s C ; a ; ete ages
publishe : ‘euse, at Paris. His specimen was at that time unique, and was received from Min
Baron Laugier de Chartreuse, :

’ 5 a hei 3 Was purche . od
° y ; fine colle t1On Was sold thi bird tog tl ny ot eS < .

yirited reseal h Ss of Mr. Hugh 1M1ng that I am inde te 1f I t el now >] re

ee ene ee example accompanied by a female has been recently transmitted
} an e@Xad ~

ee aden ae her with many other rarities, which were collected at
to the Museum of the Zoological Society, together j

. Manilla . a . = as yoo". era throce vhalus
oe a fini it is closel related to the other red-headed Species, such ‘Yy 7 ; :
: pe T Dontte b listi ished from all others by the beautiful band of delicate
ee ¢ sting uIsne I j
ut, 7. ay" &e.; but may be disung
E: Hodg soni, Ee. Dim dae, ¢ 5 ,
rose-colour which crosses the breast.