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.