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artery; an accessory oesophageal artery arises as a branch from either 

 the common carotid or left vertebrocervical root. 

 References: Garrod, 1873; Glenny, 1943a, 1945b. 



Family Trogonidae 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Trogon mexicanus Swainson 

 Trogon puella^ Trogon coUaris puella 

 Gould 



By Glenny 



Pharomachrus mocino coslaricensis Ca- 



banis 

 Priotelus temnuriis (Temminck) 

 Ternnotrogon roseigaster (Vieillot) 

 Trogon massena Gould 



Trogon mclanuras macroura Gould 

 Trogon strigilatus Linne 

 Trogon ciireolus melanocephala Gould 

 Trogon collaris exoptatus Cabanis and 



Heine 

 Trogon rufus tenellus Cabanis 

 Trogon rufus Gmelin (B) 

 Trogon surrucura Vieillot 

 Trogon curucui behni Gould 

 Trogon violaceus caligatus Gould 

 Apaloderma narina (Stephens) 

 Harpactes erythrocephalus (Gould) 



Order CORACIIFORMES 



Carotids both bicarotid and unicarotid arrangements occur; 

 type A coracoid artery except in one species thus far noted; thoracic 

 artery varies in the several families; ligamentum aortae present, except 

 in a few instances in which the radix aortae of the left side remains as 

 a functional vessel; presence of the ligamentum botalli is variable; 

 origin of the vertebrals and superficial cervicals varies in the different 

 families. 



References: Beddard, 1898; Bhaduri and Biswas, 1945; Garrod, 

 1873, 1876; Glenny, 1939, 1943b; Ottley, 1879. 



Family Alcedinidae 



Carotids A-1; thoracic artery usually type 1, but may vary (see 

 list of species below); ligamentum botalli may be present or absent; 

 vertebrals and superficial cervicals usually arise as branches from a 

 common root from the common carotid; an accessory oesophageal 

 may be present and arise as a branch of the left carotid artery. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Ceryle maxima (Pallas) 



Ceryle amazona= Chloroceryle amazona 



(Latham) 

 Alcedo atthis ispida Linne 

 Dacelo gigantea— Dacelo novaguineae 



(Hermann) 

 Dacelo leachii cervina Gould 

 Ciltura cyanotis (Temminck) 

 Halcyon sp. 



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By Glenny 



Ceryle torquata (Linne) (2) 



Ceryle alcyon (Linn6) (7) (Tj^pe 2 



thoracic) 

 Ceryle rudis (Liuae) (Type 3 thoracic) 

 Chloroceryle amazona (Latham) (2) 

 Chloroceryle aniericana septentrionalis 



(Sharpe) 

 Chloroceryle aniericana isthmica (Gold- 

 man) 



