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beneath, scarlet : wing covers white, with distinct black 

 undulated lines : three lateral tail feathers white, with 

 about seventeen black transverse bars ; the basal ones 

 confluent ; the tips white. Male. 



The female is light fulvous brown where the male is green ; 

 and the belly pale rose colour : the three lateral tail feathers 

 white, dotted with black in the middle, and almost entirely 

 black towards their base; before the white tips is a distinct 

 black bar ; middle feathers rufous. Birds of Brazil, i. pi. 60, 

 61. 



Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. 

 Note — More than one species being confounded under the old 



term of coUaris (in itself unmeaning, as nearly all have 



collars), I have not adopted it. 



148. Trogon purpuratus. 



Head and breast rich purple : back, and middle tail 

 feathers, green : body, beneath, crimson : wing covers 

 whitish, with delicate, indistinct, undulated black 

 lines : lateral tail feathers white and black ; the exterior 

 feather with about six distinct black bars beyond the 

 base. Birds of Brazil, ii. pi. QS, 64. 



The female cinereous where the male is green and blue : wing 

 covers with distinct white undulations : body, beneath, rosy : 

 lateral tail feathers black ; the outer half white, with marginal 

 black spots, the tips white ; middle feathers cinereous black. 

 Total length about 9| inches ; bill, gape -^^ ; wings 4| ; tail, 

 beyond, 3. Inhabits the Cotinga woods in the interior of 

 Bahia, Brazil. Breast with a white collar: four middle tail 

 feathers with a terminal black band, the rest black at their base : 

 eyelids yellow, naked : upper tail covers bluish : bill pale. 

 This is not the variegatus of Spix, as some have asserted ; for 

 the female of that is quite different from this, even according to 

 Spix's own figure. 



149. Trogon clirysogaster. 



Head and breast blue, varying to greenish : back 

 gilded green : body, beneath, golden orange : three 

 lateral tail feathers white, with the bases black. Female 

 unknown. 



Inhabits Southern Brazil. Mus. Nost. 



Total length \0\ inches; bill, gapef^; wings 5-i|; tail, be- 



