270 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



49. Trogon rufus. 



Couroucou oranga Levaill. Courouc. et Tourac. part iii. 

 p. 14, pis. 7, 8, 15 (1806). 



Trogon atricollis Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. p. 318 

 (1817 : interior of Guiana, Surinam, and Trinidad) ; Grant, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 455 (1892) j Sharpe, Hand-1. B. 

 ii. p. 148 (1900). 



Trogon rufus Gm. ; Berlepsch, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 277 (1908). 



a. J ad. Supucay, July 29, 1904. 



Bill greenish yellow ; tarsi and feet slate-coloured ; iris 

 brown. 



b. ? ad. Sapucay, August 19, 1904. 

 Bill yellowish green. 



c. d. $ ad. Sapucay, September 2, 19, 1904. 

 This bird is new to the avifauna of Paraguay. 

 [Although not so common as the " Surucura/' this species 



can still be met with occasionally in the large virgin forests 

 along the Cordilleras at Sapucay. I know nothing of the 

 nesting-habits. — W. F.~\ 



50. Trogon surrucura. 



Surucud Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 373. no. eclxx. (1805). 



Trogon surrucura Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. p. 321 

 (1817 : ex Azara). 



Trogon surucura Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 121 (Para- 

 guay) ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 471 ; Sliarpe, 

 Hand-list B. ii. p. 149 ; Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, 

 vi. p. 334. 



a. ? ad. Sapucay, June 10, 1904. 

 Bill pale slate-green ; iris brown. 



b. $ ad. Sapucay, July 9, 1904. 



Bill greenish grey ; feet slate-coloured ; iris brown. 



[Resident and not uncommon in this district, and has 

 been met with close to Asuncion. It is by no means a shy 

 bird and can be approached very closely. When disturbed, 

 its flight is very slow and noiseless, not unlike that of an 

 Owl. 



I once met with the nest of this bird in an ants' nest 



