TROGON. 503 
birds of Trogon massena brought from the Truando river and the delta of the Atrato 
is one specimen that may belong to 7. macrurus*. Salmon, who found it in the 
Cauca Valley of Colombia, states that it feeds on fruit 5. 
13. Trogon massena, 
Trogon massena, Gould, Mon. Trog. t. 16*; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 967; 1859, p. 387°; Moore, 
~ P.Z.S8. 1859, p. 53°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 132°; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 364°; Cassin, Pr. 
Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 1857; Salv. Ibis, 1861, p. 146°; 1872, p. 821°; P. Z. S. 1867, p. 151"; 
1870, p. 202"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 290”; viii. p. 184; ix. p. 119"; Cab. J. 
f. Orn. 1862, p. 174; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 813°; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 48"; 
Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 239; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 400”; vi. p. 407”; 
Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p.591*'; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 120”; 
Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 474; Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 514% 
Troctes massena, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 1, p. 264%; Gould, Mon. Trog. ed. 2, t. 31 **. 
Troctes hoffmanni, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 1, p. 204”. 
Supra nitide viridis, loris, capitis lateribus et mento nigris, pectore toto dorso concolore, abdomine et tectricibus 
subcaudalibus coccineis; alis nigricantibus, secundariis internis et tectricibus minute albo irroratis ; caudee 
rectricibus duabus mediis nitide viridibus seneo tinctis, rectricibus tribus externis nigris, pogonio externo 
indistincte albido irrorato, rectricibus reliquis in pogonio externo mediis concoloribus; rostro flavido. 
Long. tota 13-0, ale 7-0, caude rectr. med. 7:2, rectr. lat. 5:0. 
2 schistacea, alis et cauda saturatioribus, abdomine imo et tectricibus subcaudalibus coccineis. (Deser. maris 
et femingz ex Choctum et Chisec, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
¢ juv. caude rectricibus tribus lateralibus albo anguste terminatis et pogoniis suis externis albo variegatis. 
Hab. Mexico (Verreaux*), Playa Vicente (Boucard *), Uvero (Sumichrast 18), Chimalapa 
(W. B. Richardson), 'Teapa (Mrs. H. H. Smith); Brirish Honpunras. Western 
District, San Felipe, Cayo (Blancaneauxs) ; GuaTEMALA, Chisec, Choctum, Raxché 8, 
Teleman (0. 8S. & &. D. G.); Honpuras®, Omoa, San Pedro (Leyland 4), Segovia R. 
(Townsend 71); Nicaracua, Greytown (Holland 13), Chontales (Bel¢°), Los Sabalogs 
(Nutting °°), San Carlos, Rana (W. B. Richardson), Virgin Bay (Bridges); Costa 
Rica ?° 16, Rio Frio (Richmond +), La Palma (Nutting), Angostura!4, Valza 
: (Carmiol), Tucurriqui!*, Pozo Azul de Pirris *?, Jimenez ??, Naranjo de Cartago 22 
(Zeledon), San Carlos (Boucard!*); Panama, Bugaba!!, Volcan de Chiriqui 11, 
Cordillera de Tolé!°, Santiago de Veraguas !° (Arcé), Lion Hill (M*Leannan® 12), 
‘Truando R. and Delta of the Atrato (W. S. & C. J. Wood"). 
Gould described this species in the first edition of his ‘ Monograph of the Trogonide’ 
from specimens said to have been received from Guatemala !, and according to Mr. Grant 
now in the collection of the British Museum. In his second edition Gould adopted 
Cabanis aud Heine’s genus Troctes for this bird, a course which has not been followed. 
To the account furnished by Salvin of 7. massena for Gould we have little to add, 
and the following notes give the substance of what is there stated. 
This Trogon, though abundant in many parts of the vast forests which clothe the 
warmer portions of the eastern side of the great Central-American Isthmus from 
Mexico to Panama, does not appear to occur in similar tracts on the western or Pacific 
