TROGONS. 



cavity sufficiently large, in which the female de- 

 posits her eggs, of a white colour, and two, or as 

 some assert, four in number. Azara has seen the 

 male clinging to a tree after the manner of wood- 

 peckers, occupied in digging a nest with his beak, 

 while the female remained tranquil on a neigh- 

 bouring tree. 



GRACEFUL TROGON. 



We select for illustration the Graceful Trogon, 

 (Trogon elegans, GOULD,) of which the upper 

 parts and breast are golden-green, and the lower 



