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264. TROGON VARIEGATUS, Spix. 

 (PURPLE-BREASTED TROGON.) 



Trogon variegatus, Scl. et Salv. Nomend. p. 104 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 618 

 (Salta) ; Gould, Mm. Trog. ed. 2, pi. xix. 



Description. Above shining bronzy green ; head purplish ; wings blackish ; 

 coverts grey, finely vermiculated with black ; tail two middle feathers like the 

 back, but tipped with black, next two pairs black, edged with green ; three 

 outer pairs white with broad black bars and white tips : beneath, breast dark 

 purple, separated from the rosy-red abdomen by a narrow white band : whole 

 length 9-0 inches, wing 5-0, tail 5'0. Female : above dark grey ; wing-coverts 

 and secondaries with transverse bars of black and white; tail blackish, two 

 middle feathers grey tipped with black, three outer pairs broadly edged extern- 

 ally and tipped with white : beneath, breast dark grey, separated from the rosy- 

 red abdomen by a white band. 



Hob. Brazil and N. Argentina. 



White obtained examples of this Trogon at Campo Colorado, near 

 Oran, where it frequents the topmost branches of the loftiest forest- 

 trees, and is very difficult to discover. It is said to have a peculiar 

 mournful cry. 



265. TROGON SURUCURA, Vieill. 

 (AZARA'S TROGON.) 



Trogon surucura, Scl. et Salv. Nomend. p. 104; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 619 



(Misiones) j Gould, Mon. Trog. ed. 2, pi. xxv. 



Description. Above bronzy green, head purplish ; wings black, coverts and 

 outer secondaries grey, finely vermiculated with black ; tail two middle feathers 

 like the back, but tipped with black ; others black, but three outer pairs with 

 most of the outer webs and broad tips white : beneath, breast purple, abdomen 

 red: whole length 11-0 inches, wing 5-3, tail 57. Female : grey ; belly rosy 

 red ; wing-coverts and outer secondaries black, with white bars. 



Hob. S. Brazil, Paraguay, and N.E. Argentina. 



This is the only Trogon included by Azara in his Birds of Paraguay. 

 He calls it " Surucua," and states that it is confined to the larger 

 forests of that country. 



White obtained a single example of this species in the forests of 

 Misiones, near Concepcion, in June 1881. 



