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CORACIFORMES CHAP, 
Fic. 92.—Quezal. 
Pharomecrus mocinno. 
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the under parts are grey with 
crimson abdomen. The - six 
middle tail-feathers are bronzy- 
green, tinged with purple, the 
remainder and the wings black 
and white. In TZ'metotrogon 
rhodogaster, restricted to San 
Domingo, the upper surface is 
bronzy-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. Huptilotis 
neoxenus of Mexico has a green- 
ish-black head and throat, and 
a erlmson breast and abdomen, 
while the rest of the plumage 
is bronzy-green, except for the 
black 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, the remainder 
chiefly white. 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-grey, with a 
