482, TROGONIDE. 
nigricante griseo-albido transversim regulariter fasciata, tectricibus supracaudalibus elongatis sed caudam 
haud superantibus. ; ; . 
3 juv. @ similis, capite virescentiore, secundariis nonnunquam cervino guttatis, caude rectricibus tribus 
utrinque externis acutis et albo distincte terminatis. (Descr. maris, maris Juv. et femine ex Volean de 
Fuego, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Guatemata 2", forests of the higher mountains, San Martin in Quezaltenango, Pie 
de la Cuesta in San Marcos (W. B. Richardson), Cerro Zunil, Volcan de Fuego 
7000 feet 16, Volcan de Agua (0. 8. & F. D, G.), Chiacaman in the Chiantla range 
(fide O. 8.), vicinity of Coban 1%, and the higher forests of Vera Paz, Raxché *°, 
Chilasco, &c. (Delattre, O. S. & F. D. G.), Santa Cruz Mts. (2. Owen *?); 
Honpvuras, mountains south and east of Comayagua (Zaylor 18); Nicaragua, San 
Rafael del Norte (W. B. Richardson); Costa Rica *? (Durando'), Turrialba, 
Cervantes (v. Frantzius®), Volcan de Irazu (v. Frantzius*, Boucard*°, Zeledon ** *°, 
Nutting 2"), San José (Nutting 28), Navarro, Candelaria Mts. (Boucard®), El 
Zarcero de Alajuela, La Palma de San José (Zeledon*4); Panama, Boquete 
(Bridges **), Volcan de Chiriqui, Calovevora, Calobre (Arcé °). 
The earlier history of this remarkable bird is best given in some extracts from the 
‘Ornithology’ of Francis Willughby, who describes it in an ‘‘ Appendix (p. 385) to 
the History of Birds, containing Such Birds as we suspect for fabulous, or such as are 
too briefly and unaccurately described to give us a full and sufficient knowledge of them, 
taken out of Franc. Hernandez especially.” After describing the Quetzaltototl he goes 
on to say:—‘*' The feathers of this Bird are highly esteemed among the Indians, and 
preferred even before Gold itself; the longer ones for crests, and other ornaments both 
of the head and whole body, both for War and Peace: But the rest for setting in 
feather-works, and composing the figures of Saints and other things; which they are so 
skilful in doing, as not to fall short of the most artificial pictures drawn in colours. 
For this purpose they also make use of, and mingle and weave in together with these the 
feathers of the humming bird. These Birds live in the Province of Tecolotlan beyond 
Quauhtemallam towards Honduras, where great care is taken that no man kill them: 
Only it is lawful to pluck off their feathers, and so let them go naked; yet not for all 
men indifferently, but only for the Lords and Proprietors of them ; for they descend to 
the Heirs as rich possessions. Ir. Hernandez, in some pretermitted annotations adds 
concerning the manner of the taking these birds some things worth the knowing. The 
Fowlers (saith he) betake themselves to the Mountains, and there hiding themselves in 
small Cottages, scatter up and down boil’d Indian Wheat, and prick down in the ground 
many rods besmeared with Birdlime, wherewith the Birds intangled become their prey. 
They fly in flocks among trees, on which they are wont to sit, making no unpleasant 
noise with their whistling and singing in consort. ‘They have by the instinct of nature 
such knowledge of their riches, that once sticking to the Birdlime, they remain still 
and quiet, not strugling at all, that they may not mar or injure their feathers. ‘The 
