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Fig. 02. — Quezal. /'hai'mnacrus tnocii/inn. 



the under parts are grey \vith 

 crimson abdomen. Tlie six 

 middle tail-feathers are Lronzy- 

 green, tinged with purple, the 

 remainder and the wings black 

 and white. In Tmetutroyon 

 rhodogaster, restricted to San 

 Domingo, the upper surface is 

 Ijronzy- green, the lower grey 

 with crimson abdomen. The 

 blackish wings have white-edged 

 primaries, the median pair of 

 rectrices are purple and green, 

 the others purplish-blue. The 

 female has white bars on the 

 upper wing-coverts. Euptilotis 

 neoxenus of Mexico has a green- 

 ish-black head and throat, and 

 a crimson breast and abdomen, 

 while the rest of the plumage 

 is bronzy-green, except for the 

 l)lack and white wings and the six 

 purplish-black median rectrices. 

 The hen has a greyish head, 

 throat, and chest. Pharomacrus 

 mocinno, the Quezal of the higher 

 districts from Guatemala to 

 Veragua, is brilliant iridescent 

 green above, tinged with blue 

 on the far extended tail-coverts ; 

 the throat is green, the under 

 parts are gorgeous crimson, the 

 remiges and the six median rec- 

 trices are black, tlie remainder 

 chiefly wliite. A full crest 

 and elongated wing-coverts add 

 to the bird's appearance. The 

 female has the long feathers less 

 developed ; the head and under 

 surface brownish -tcrey, with a 



