Family TROGONID^.— The Trogons. (Page 271.) 



(icnera. 



rr'. Miildlc wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts normally developed, blended ; head 



not crested nor "horned" Trogon. (Pago 275.) 



rt'. Middle wing-coverts and upiicr tail-coverts unusually developed, more or less 

 lanceolate or fiilcate, with veiy distinct outlines; head crested or "horned." 



b\ Head with a bushy or compressed crest Pharomachrus} 



v. Head with slender ear-tufts Euptilotis? 



Gents TROGON Linx^us. (Page 275, pi. LXXXL, fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Adult males : Back, scapulars, rump, and middle tail- 

 feathers metallic green, sometimes varied with blue or coppery, the middle tail- 

 feathers tipped with opaque black ; wing-coverts grayish, in some species finely 

 undulated with white ; breast, belly, and under tail-coverts fine red or yellow, bor- 

 dered anteriorly by a white band across breast. Adult females similar to males, but 

 metallic lines of back, etc., replaced by plain grayish or brownish. 



a}. Under parts red ; females and young brown above. 



6'. Inner webs of outer tail-feathers chiefly white, more or less barred with 

 dusky or black, in botli sexes. 

 c'. Adult male : Crown, occiput, hind-neck, back, scapulars, rump, and upper 

 tail-covcrts rich metallic bronzy green, varj-ing to golden or coppery 

 bronze (the rump and upper tail-coverts always more green than 

 the back — sometimes pure green) ; middle tail-feathers deep metallic 

 bronze, varying to rich copper-color, broadh- tipped with black ; 

 wings (except primaries) delicately undulated with white and black, 

 the two colors in nearl}- equal amount ; quills duskj-, with outer 

 •webs chiefl}" gra3"ish white ; forehead, lores, sides of head, chin, and 

 throat, dull opaque black ; chest metallic greenish or coppery bronze, 

 like back; a pure white hand across breast; behind this, all the 

 lower parts pure scarlet-vermilion ; exposed portion of outer tail- 

 feathers white, with a broad terminal space immaculate, but rest, 

 on both webs, irregularly and narrowly barred, or marked with 

 zigzag lines, of blackish. Adult female .- Metallic coloi-s of male 

 replaced by light grayish brown, becoming more rufcsccnt (some- 

 times cinnamon-rul'ous) on middle tail-feathers ; forehead, sides 

 of head, and throat, dull grayish ; outer tail-feathers much more 



' /•AaromncAnn De LA Llave, Rcgistro Trimc.-trc, i. num. 1, 18.32, 48. Type, P. mnri:,no Dr. LA Llave. 

 One Mcxicnn *pccic< (P. morin»o)f the magnificent Quetzal, or royal bird of the Aztecs, 

 * Eupltlolit Goi'Ln, Mod. Trog. pt. i. 1S58, pi. vi. Type, T-nr/on niorrunt GotLD. 



