544 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIO'N'AIL MUSEfUM vol.89 



ANTHOSCENUS LONGIROSTRIS PALLIDICEPS (Gould) 



Heliotnaster palUdiceps Gouu>, An introduction to the Trochilidae, 8vo. ed., 

 1861, p. 139 (Jalapa, Veracruz). 



A male in breeding condition was taken in open ground at the border 

 of a coffee plantation at 3,400 feet near Las Lajas below Alotenango 

 on November 5. 



Family TROGONIDAE 



TROGON COLLARIS PUELLA Gould 



Trogon piiella Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1845, p. 18 (Escuintla, Guatemala). 



In a coffee finca near Las Lajas at 3,200 feet, below Alotenango, 

 these handsome trogons were fairly common. I saw my first one on 

 November 8 when I detected a flash of red among green leaves high 

 above the ground. At this instant the safety lock on my hammerless 

 stuck, and I had to return to my auto for another gun. Fifteen min- 

 utes later I came again to find the trogon still resting on the same 

 perch. After a fall from any height trogons of this type always 

 strike amid such a cloud of feathers that I often hesitate to pick them 

 up since it would seem that they must be completely destroyed, but 

 ordinarily the birds, miraculously, appear in good condition — with 

 enough feathers so that many more may be lost during the somewhat 

 tedious process of preparation. On November 29 these trogons were 

 common at this same point, and half a dozen were observed in a tree 

 laden with small fruit. One swooped petulantly at a smaller species 

 that, however, held its ground. I shot another that I prepared for a 

 skeleton. Not only was the skin tender but the flesh also was easily 

 broken as fragments of muscle from ribs and legs came away at a 

 touch from my fingers. The flesh had the same odor — to me highly 

 disagreeable — that is found in anis. 



Griscom ^* has described a connecting link between this bird and 

 T. coJIaris of South America. 



TROGON MEXICANUS MEXICANUS Swainson 



Trogon Mexicanus Swainson, Phil. Mag., new ser., vol. 1, June 1827, p. 440 

 ( Temascaltepec, Mexico). 



This trogon was fairly common near Sierra Santa Elena from near 

 Chichivac to the dense forests of the higher slopes. The only one 

 taken is a male shot on November 19 by Axel Pira, Jr., in a forested 

 area at 8,600 feet. 



^ Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 69, 1929, pp. 162-163. 



