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May 13, 1856. 



Dr. Gray, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Description of aNewTrogon and a Ne-vv Odontophorus. 

 By John Gotjld, F.R.S., V. P. Z. S., &c. 



Trogon aurantiiventris, Govdd. 



Malė : Forehead, face and chin dull black ; head, sides of the 

 neck, breast, back and upper tail-coverts golden-green ; wmgs slaty- 

 black, the coverts and secondaries finely freckled, and the primaries 

 margined at the base with white ; two centre tail-feathers bronzy- 

 green, narrowly tipped with black ; the two next on each side bronzy- 

 green on their outer webs, the inner webs and the tips black ; three 

 outer tail-feathers on each side black, crossed by numerous narrow 

 bars of, and narrowly tipped with, white ; under surface rich orange, 

 separated from the green of the chest by a semilunar mark of white ; 

 thighs black ; bill orange ; feet dark grey. 



Totai length, 10 inches ; bill, | ; wing, 5f ; tail, 6. 



Female : Head, all the upper surface and breast orange-brown ; 

 \ving-coverts brown, minutely freckled with brownish-black ; abdo- 

 men pale orange ; two centrai tail-feathers reddish-brown, narrowly 

 tipped with black ; the two next on each side brown on their outer 

 webs, the interior webs and tips black ; three lateral feathers black 

 at the base, their outer webs and apical portions white, minutely 

 freckled with black, and a narrow irregular band of black near the 

 tip. 



Hab. near David, Veragua. 



Remark. — This species is very closely allied to Trogon puella : 

 being precisely similar in every character, except that of the colour- 

 ing of the breast, which is orange instead of scarlet ; both these 

 species are remarkable for the regularity of the markings of their 

 tail-feathers, and for the markings extending to the tip. 



Odontophorus veraguensis, Gould. 



Malė. Crown of the head and crest dark rust-red ; throat black, 

 with a line of white down the centre of each feather ; back reddish- 

 brown, freckled with black, and a faint line of white down the centre 

 of each feather ; wings brown, mottled and freckled with black, and 

 with a small indistinct spot of buflF near the tip of each of the coverts ; 

 scapularies brown, with a light stripe down the centre, and with a 

 large blotch of brownish-black near the apex of the inner web ; rump 

 pale brown, obscurely spotted with black ; under surface light cho- 

 colate-brown, with a spot of white more or less encircled with black 

 near the tip of each feather. 



Female : Differs in having the forehead and upper feathers of the 



