450 TEOGONIBa;. 



Trogonui'us elegans, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 14 (1854). 

 Trogou (Trogouurus) elegians, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 82 (1870). 

 Trogou persouatus, Haiti, (neo Gould) Vers. Mus. Brem. p. 12 



(1844) [fide Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 170 (1863)]. 

 Calunis auriceps, Hartl. (fiec Gould) Verz. Mtis. Brem. p. 12 (1844) 



[iid, I. c] 



Adult male. Closely resembles the adiilt male of T. collaris, from 

 which it differs iu the following points : — the forehead is black with 

 a slight bluish gloss ; the black vermiculations on the white wing- 

 coverts are finer ; the black bars on the three outer paii's of 

 tail-feathers are not so wide, giving these feathers the appearance 

 of being white narrowly barred with black; the bill also is much 

 stronger. Total length 12 inches, wing 5-5, tail 7'6, tarsus 0-6. 



An immature male has the upper parts like the adult male, but 

 the top of the head is brown tipped with bronze-green. The rest of 

 the plumage resembles that of the adult female, except that the buff 

 feathers of the ujjper breast are faintly barred with black, the red 

 advances further up the belly ; many of the wing-coverts have ter- 

 minal buff or white blotches, and the basal half of the centre pair 

 of tail-feathers is glossed with bronze. 



Adult female. A ring of white feathers surrounds the eye and 

 forms a patch edged with black on the ear-coverts ; rest of the 

 head, chest, back, rump, and upper tail-coverts brown, inclining to 

 black on the lores, cheeks, and throat ; a white pectoral zone sepa- 

 rates the chest from the breast, which is brownish buff shading into 

 white on the upper part of the belly, rest of the belly and under 

 tail-coverts pinkish red ; thighs greyish black ; primaries blackish, 

 margined on the outer web with white ; secondaries blackish, their 

 outer webs like the wing-coverts and scapulars buff, faintly vermi- 

 culated with dusky ; centre pair of tail-feathers reddish brown with 

 a terminal black bar ; second and third pairs black, washed with 

 reddish brown on the outer web ; the three outer pairs somewhat 

 like those of the female of T. mexkanus — the basal and central 

 part of each feather is black, the extremity white, and the re- 

 mainder white somewhat widely crossed with narrow black bars. 

 Total length 11-5 inches, wing 5'3, tail Q-Q, tarsus 0"5. 



Hab. Guatemala, Nicaragua. 



a. (S ad. sk. Virgin Bay, Lake of Nicara- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



gua {Bridges). 



b. (S ad. sk. Chon tales, Nicaragua {Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 c-f. (S $ ad. sk. El Volcan, Chinandega, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



to July {Richardson). 

 g. $ ad. sk. Coraayagua,Honduras(r(r?7//o;-). Sclater Coll. 



h-n. (S 2 ad. sk. La Libertad, San Salvador^ Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Feb. [Richardson). 

 o-s. (S 2 ^^- sk. Volcan de San Miguel, March, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



July {Richardson). 

 t, u. (S imm. ; $ Guatemala. Gould Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 V. S ad. sk. No loc. Gould Goll. 



(Type of the species.) 

 w. S ad. St. Pm-chased. 



