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Aganus Tiridis, Cah. S)- Heine, Mus. Hem. Th. iv. p. 196 (1863). 

 Trogon (Aganus) viridis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 81 (1869). 

 Trogon leverianus, Shaw, Mus. Lever, p. 175 (1792) ; Vieill. N. Diet. 

 d'Mist. Naf. viii. p. 316 (1827) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 70 (1845) ; v. 

 Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 20 (1868). 

 TrogoD violaceus, Sjji.v (nee Gmel.), Av. Bras. i. p. 50 (1824) ; Wied, 



Beitr. Naturyesch. Bras. iv. p. 297 (1832). 

 Trogon albiveuter, Cuv. Tthj. An. i. p. 459 (1829) : Bonap. Consp. 



Gen. Av. i. p. 148 (1850). 

 Trogon melanopterus, Swains. Anim. hi Menag. pt. iii. p. 332 (1837 ?); 

 id. Class. B. ii. p. 337 (1837) ; Gould, Mon. Tron. ed. i. pis. 10,11 

 [text] (1838). 

 Aganus venustus, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 194 (1863). 

 Trogon cyamu-us, Hartl. MS. ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 559. 

 Achdt male. Lores, cheeks, and throat black ; rest of head, nape, 

 chest, and upper breast shining purple ; back and least wing-coverts 

 golden bluish green with purple reflexions and shading into peacock- 

 blue or purple on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; rest of breast 

 and underparts fine orange-yellow ; thighs and wings black, the 

 quills with white bases and the basal half of the outer web of the 

 primaries margined with white ; centre pair of tail-feathers bronze- 

 green with blue reflexions and a black terminal band, second and third 

 pairs the same, with the inner web black, three outer pairs black 

 with the apical part white, meeting the black obliquely and extending 

 nearer the base on the outer web : bill whitish. Total length 

 11 inches, wing 6, tail 6'2, tarsus 0-6. 



Immature males resemble the adult females, but have the back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts like those of the adult male ; the 

 wing-coverts and the secondaries are spotted on the oirter web with 

 white or pale buff, and the centre pair of tail-feathers are slightly 

 glossed with greenish bronze. 



Adult female. Head, chest, back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dark 

 grey ; rest of underparts orange-yellow ; thighs black ; wings 

 black ; quills with white bases, primaries with the basal half of the 

 outer web margined with white and the apical part spotted ; 

 secondaries, greater secondary-coverts, median and lesser coverts 

 widely barred with narrow wavy white lines ; three centre pairs 

 of tail-feathers black, three outer pairs black with white tips, and 

 toothed with white on the outer web, the first few extending across 

 the shaft into the black of the inner web : bill horny black. Total 

 length 11 inches, wing 5'9, tail 6-3, tarsus 0;6. 



Hah. South America north of about the Tropic of Capricorn. 



a. (f ad. sk. S. America. Gould Coll, 



&, c. c? 2 ad. sk. Bogota, U.S.C. Purchased. 



d, e. c? ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman & 



Sclater Colls. 



/. (S imm. sk. Medina, Llanos of R. Meta Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Wheeler), 



g-i. (S $ ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley'). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



j. d ad. sk. Xapo. Gould Coll. 



k. cJ ad. sk. Pilar, Venezuela, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Goeriny). 



I. d ad. sk. Truiidad. Gould CoU. 



