440 TROGONID.B. 



dark grey, edged with white ; primaries black, the first and second 

 toothed with white on the outer web, the remainder with the 

 basal part margined and the terminal part toothed with white, 

 the extent of the margin increasing and the number of white 

 notches diminishing on the inner primaries ; secondaries, greater 

 primary and secondary coverts black glossed with dark green, the 

 former with white bases, and all three ornamented with a sub- 

 terminal wliite spot, usually confined to the edge of the outer web, 

 but extending across both on the outer secondaries and their coverts ; 

 three outer pairs of tail-feathers with the basal part black slightly 

 glossed with blue, and the remainder M'hite * — the white on the 

 outer web extending nearly to the base on the outer pair of feathers, 

 while in the fourth and fifth pairs it takes the form of oblong spots 

 among the black ; a subterminal white spot next the shaft on the 

 black of the inner web in the two outer pairs : culmen black, lower 

 mandible and base of upper red ; feet dark flesh. Total length 

 10"2 inches, wing 5"1, tail 102, tarsus 0-7. 



The achdt female resembles the male. 



Hah. Cuba. 



a. Ad. St. Cuba. Purchased. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Cuba. Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Cuba ( Wrighf). Salvin-Godman Ci»ll. 



e. Ad. sk. Cuba (McLeannmi). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 f,g. Ad.sk. San Cristobal, Cuba. Salviu-Godmau Coll. 

 h. (S ad. sk. Remedio-', Cuba, Feb. (^'/'^rt^^l. Mrs. Brvant [P.]. 



i. Ad. sk. [Cuba.] Gould Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. [Cuba.] Laugier Coll. • 



5. TROGON. 



Type. 



Trogon, Linn. S. N. i. p. 167 (1766) T. strigilatus. 



Trogomirus, Bonap. Cons]?. Zijg. p. 14 (1854) T. collaris. 



Curucujus, ibid. p. 14 (1854) T. melanurus. 



Pothinus, Cab. S,- Heine, Mm. Hcin. iv. p. 180 (186.3). T. atricollis. 



Aganus, iid. I. c. p. 184 (1863) T. braccatus. 



Hapalophorus, iid. I. c. p. 199 (1863) T. sumciia. 



Troctes, iid. I. c. p. 201 (1863) T. melanurus. 



Sexes with the centre pair of tail-feathers different — bronze- 

 green, blue, or purple, with a terminal black band in the males, and 

 chestnut, grey, or blackish in the females. Infraloral space and 

 sides of the face feathered. Upper tail- coverts normal. Upper man- 

 dible behind the subterminal notch more or less toothed. 



Range. Mexico, Central and South America north of about the 

 Tropic of Capricorn. 



* In some specimens the subterminal part of the white of the outer web and 



the basal part of the inner are speckled with brownish black. 



