TROGON. 505 
albo transfasciatis ; rostro flavido. Long. tota 12:0, ale 6-2, caude rectr. med. 6:2, rectr. lat. 4°6. (Descr. 
maris exempl. typ. ex Santa Fé, Panama. Maus. nostr.) 
2 schistacea, abdomine antico brunneo, imo et tectricibus subcaudalibus coecineis, caude rectricibus tribus 
externis indistincte albo stricte transfasciatis. (Descr. femine ex Cordillera de Tolé, Panama. 
Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Costa Rica®, Angostura (Carmiol*®); Panama, Santiago de Veraguas!2, Cordil-. 
lera de Tolé 2, Calovevora *, Santa Fé! ? (Arcé), Veraguas (Merritt >). 
The first specimens of this fine species that came under our notice were sent us by 
Enrique Arcé from Santa Fé in the State of Panama, and the same collector subsequently 
secured for us a good series of examples, including specimens of both sexes. These 
were all obtained in the same district. But long before Arcé visited this little worked | 
region, Dr. Merritt, the discoverer of Microchera albocoronata, obtained a specimen of | 2°: 
this Trogon, which Salvin saw in his collection in 18745. Trogon clathratus also 
occurs in Costa Rica, whence we have examples. It is also mentioned in Lawrence’s 
Catalogue, where a description is given of a female bird supposed to be of this 
species; but this Mr. Grant decided was an error *, and it now proves to be a female 
of 7. bairdt. 
Though bearing some resemblance to Trogon massena, this species is really very 
distinct not only on account of the fine rather widely separate white bars on the tail, 
but also on account of its inferior size. The bill has five distinct notches on the edges 
of both the maxilla and mandible, but they are neither so deep nor so large as in 
Trogon massena. 
Of the habits of this species nothing has been recorded. 
Suborder COCCYGES ZYGODACTYL. 
Fam. GALBULIDA. 
Galbulide, Cabanis; Scl. Mon. Jacamars and Puff-birds, p. xix; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xix. 
pp. 161-177. 
The Galbulide constitute a small family of birds of well-defined characters and of 
purely Neotropical domicile. The nearest allies are the Bucconide of the same region, 
but more numerous in species. ‘These two families are usually associated together by 
systematists, as they have many points of structure in common, the most obvious being 
the formation of the feet. They may at once be distinguished by the narrow, slender, 
pointed bill of the members of the Galbulide and the more slender build of most of 
them, the Bucconide being rather heavily-built birds with strong bills, the maxilla 
ending in a distinct hook. The habits of the two are, as will be seen below, for the 
most part, rather widely distinct. 
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