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March 10, 1835. 

 William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair. 



Specimens were exhibited of several species of Trogon, partly 

 from the Society's collection, and partly from that of Mr. Gould ; 

 and, at the request of the Chairman, Mr. Gould called the attention 

 of the Meeting to some of the more interesting among them= 



One of them was the Bird represented by M. Temminck, in his 

 * Planches Coloriees', under the name of Trog. fasciatus ; and on this 

 Mr. Gould remarked, that having had an opportunity of examining 

 the drawing made by Forster, on which Pennant's original descrip- 

 tion was founded, he had ascertained that it represented a species 

 altogether distinct from M. Temminck's ^zrti, and much more nearly 

 resembling Trog. Malabaricus. As the name of Trog. fasciatus 

 must necessarily remain with the species originally described under 

 it, the one figured by M. Temminck requires another designation; 

 and Mr. Gould proposed for it that of Trog. Temminchii. 



Another, was the splendid species figured by M. Temminck, in 

 the same work, under the name of Trog. pavoninus, a name by which 

 it is now generally known; but on referring to M. Spix's 'Avium 

 Brasiliensium Species Novae,' the original description and figure of 

 Trog. pavoninus, Spix, appear to Mr. Gould to have reference to a 

 totally different species, distinguishable by its smaller size, by the 

 absence of crest from its head, by the comparative shortness of its 

 hinder back plumes (which do not extend more than a few inches 

 beyond the tail), and by the whole of the tail-feathers being black. 

 The species exhibiting the peculiarities just adverted to will, of 

 course, retain its original name of I'rog. pavoninus ; for the other 

 Mr. Gould proposed that of 



Trogon resplendens. Trog. plumis capitis notceique laxis, lan- 

 ceolatis, illius cristam efformantibus, hujus posterioribus longissi- 

 mis, tripedalibus ; supra et ad guttur pectusque splendide aureo- 

 viridis ; ventre crissoque coccineis ; rectricibus sex intermediis 

 nigris, cceteris alhis ad apicem tantummodo nigris. 



Foem.? vel Junior ? Capite, gutture, pectoreque obscure viridibus ; 

 dor so viridi; ventre cinerascenti-brunneo ; crisso cocctneo; capite 

 subcristato ; tectricibus caudce superioribus brevioribus ; rectrici- 

 bus externis tribus utrinque albis nigrofasciatis. 



Rostrum flavum, in fcemina? juniori? higrum: tarsi brunnei. 



Hab. in Mexico in provinciis Austrum spectantibus. 



Mr. Gould also characterized two species, hitherto apparently un- 

 described. 



No. XXVII. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 



