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152. Trogon meridionalis. 



Small. Above, green : head and breast blue : body, 

 beneath, yellow : lateral tail feathers closely and regu- 

 larly banded with white and black : wing covers dark 

 cinereous. 



Inhabits the Bahama, and other neighbouring islands. 

 Mr. Lees. Mus. Nost. 



The smallest of the genus. Total length Scinches; bill, 

 gape ^^ ; wings 4^ ; tail, beyond, 2-^ ; ditto, base 5. The 

 female is cinereous, with distinct white transverse lines on the 

 wing covers. J have never seen specimens of this species 

 either from Brazil or Cayenne, nor do I believe it is found in 

 either of those countries ; it is much more probable that au- 

 thors have mistaken the Cayenne yellow-bellied species, here 

 named lepturvs, for our meridionalis, whose geographic range, 

 I suspect, is chiefly, if not exclusively, confined to the West 

 India islands, where it is very common. 



153. Trogon melanopterus. 



Above, green ; beneath, yellow^ : head and breast violet : 

 wing covers entirely black : lateral tail feathers black, 

 broadly and obliquely tipt with white. — Female, cinereous, 

 with a yellow belly, lineated wing covers, and the 

 lateral tail feathers barred with black. 



Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. 



Total length nearly 1 1 inches ; bill, gape 1-fg ; wings 5^ ; 

 tail, beyond, 3i. I was at considerable trouble, when in Brazil, 

 in ascertaining that these very different coloured birds were 

 sexes of the same species ; for all authors, before the public- 

 ation of the above specific name, had considered them distinct. 

 It is a very local species, and by no means so common in 

 Brazil as some have asserted. 



154. Prionites Bahamensis. 



Crown and head as in P. Braziliensis : body above, 

 wings, and tail, blue green : under plumage, from the 

 chin to the vent, deep brownish rufous ; the sides 

 tinged with green. 



Inhabits the Bahama Islands. Mr. Lees. 



Total length 15^ inches; bill, front U ; wings 5fg ; tail, 

 beyond, 6^; ditto, base 8^; tarsus 1. Tail feathers 12, the 

 middle pair racket-shaped. Smaller than P. Braziliensis ; with 



