( 106 ) 

 363a. Momotus ignobilis (Berl.). 



Momolus linisilieiisis iijnohilis Berl., ././. O. ISH'.i p. aii6 (Yurimaguas, Huallaga). 



Matabpu, Rio Orinoco : " c? " (one immature bird witLi middle rectrices not 

 yet spatulated). 



This s])cc'imeu agrees well with the specimens from the Upper Amazon and 

 E. Ecuador, but seems to differ sli.n'htly in having the underside, ujiper back and 

 sides of neck more sntfnsed with rusty. There is no chestnut patch on the 

 hindneck. 



364. Trogon violaceus Gm. 



TrogoH violaceus Gm., Si/st. Kat. 1 (1788) p. 404 {ex Koelreuter, Xm'. Act. Pelrop. II. p. 436 



no. 7. tab. 16, f. 8). 

 Trogon merkUnnuUs Swains., Aiiini. in .VriiHi/, p. 33"2 (1837) ("Bahamas" errore!). 



Mnudnapo : ? 23. ii. '99. " Iris seal ; feet slate-colonr ; bill above blackish, 

 mandible and cutting edge of maxilla slaty grey." (No. 1208i> Cherrie coll.) 



La Priciou on the Caura R. : S ad. 14. .xii. 1900. " Irides brown, around the 

 eyes yellow ; feet black ; beak bluish white " (Andr^). 



There is nothing in the diagnosis and descrijition of Gmelin that does not 

 agree with the birds now generally called Trogon meridionalis, exce])t the words 

 " superciliis flavis " : but it is apparent that these words are either merely an 

 erroneous reprodnction of Latham's words " eyelids yellow," or some misunder- 

 standing of Koelrenter's communication whicli we are unfortunately not able to 

 com2iare. Unless Koelreuter has given a precise locality, we substitute " Surinam " 

 for Trogon violaceus, as nearly all collections at that time used to come from 

 Surinam or Cayenne. 



365. Trogon viridis L. 



Trogon viridis Linn., Syst. Nat. Ed. XII. 1 (1766) p. 167 (ex Briss.— Cayenne). 



Rio Catanapa : S ad. 26. xi. '98. 



Altagracia : c? ? 4. ii. '98. 



Maipures : SS 10, 17, is. xii., S juv. 26. xii. ; ? ? 21, 27. xii. '08. 



Perico : S ad. 22. xi., ? juv. 20. xi., ? 23. ix. '98. 



" Iris seal (greyish) ; feet dusky slate (slate-grey) ; bill white horn-colonr 

 (pale bluish or whitish horn-colour, pale pea-greenish, pale greenish horn-colonr) ; 

 eyelids blue-grey." 



" ?. Bill, dusky horn-colour (blackish horn-colour"). 



" S juv. P.il], maxilla blackish at toj), mandible and base of maxilla 

 plumbeous." 



(Nos. 10007, 10008, 11197, 11284, 11317, 11339, 114ii9, 114KS, 11493, 11508, 

 11614, 11628, Cherrie Coll.) 



Suapure : SS 10. i. 11)00, 22. iv. ; ? ¥ 3. iii. 27. vii. "Oil (Klages). 



La Priciou : S i \A, 16. xii. 1900. 



La Union : S 2o. xii. 1900. 



Nicare : c^ In. i. 19ol. 



