BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 773 



Tres Marias Islands (Maria Madre Island), western Mexico. 



Trogon ambiguus (not- of Goukl) Grayson, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xiv, 1871, 



272 (Tres Marias Islands; habits, notes, etc.).— Lawrence, Mem. Bost. 



Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 290, part (Tres Marias). 

 Trogon ambigmis goldmani Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, Jan. 27, 1898, 8 



(Maria Madre I., Tres Marias-group, w. Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); 



N. Am. Fauna, no. 14, 1899, 42 (Tres Marias; habits). 

 [Trogon] goJdmanni Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 148. 



TROGONURUS ELEGANS (Gould). 



ELEGANT TROGON. 



Similar to T. amhiguus, but tail decidedly longer, adult male with 

 lateral rectrices regularly though narrowly barred (instead of vermic- 

 ulated) with black, and wing-coverts and secondaries more coarsely 

 vermiculated, the adult female with black tip to middle rectrices 

 much narrower and lateral rectrices regularly and more broadly barred 

 with black. 



Adult male. — Forehead (more or less broadly), loral, orbital, auricu- 

 lar and malar regions, chin, and throat dull black; rest of head and 

 neck, chest, back, scapulars, anterior lesser wing-coverts, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts bright metallic green or golden green, the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts sometimes purer (less golden) green; middle pair 

 of rectrices bluish golden green, broadly and abruptly tipped with 

 black, the outer web of next two pairs similar, but inner web brownish 

 black or blackish brown, tipped with black; three lateral pairs of rec- 

 trices with exposed portion (in closed tail) white, immaculate for a 

 large terminal area (about 14-23 mm. long — longest on third rectrix 

 from outside), the remainder narrowly and regularly barred with 

 black, the black bars slightly narrower than the white interspaces 

 and averaging about 1.5 mm. wide; wdng-coverts (except anterior 

 portion of lesser covert area) finely vermiculated or undulated with 

 blackish slate and white; rest of wing blackish slate, the longer pri- 

 maries broadly edged with white; a broad white band across upper 

 breast (next to metallic green of chest) ; rest of under parts jmre 

 geranium red, the thighs blackish slate; bill yellow; naked eyelids 

 orange;" iris dark brown;" feet (in dried skins), horn color; length 

 (skins), 283-293 (288); wing, 128-139 (134.2); tail, 161.5-180.5 

 (172); culmen, 17.5-19.5(18.3); tarsus, 14-15(14.6); inner anterior 

 toe, 14.5-15.5 (15).'' 



Adult female.— ForcliGSid brownish gray (nearly mouse gray), pass- 

 ing into hair brown on occiput, this into broccoli brown on hindneck, 

 back, scajjulars, and lesser wing-coverts, the rump (lower portion) and 



« Deaxbom. b Six specimens. 



