476 CLASS AVES. 



Narina Trogon. {T. Narini.) Vaill. Af. 228 

 and 229. Cour. 10 and 11. 



Green, above ; beneath, red ; quills, black, with white 

 edges. South Africa. 



We may be permitted to doubt whether the Trogon 

 Maculatus of Brown be a true Trogon. 



There is one remarkable for the cut of its tail. 

 (T. Temnurus. Tem.^ Col. ^^^^ and another, in 

 which the coverts of the tail are nearly as long as 

 the body. (T. Pavoninus.) Tern. Col. 372. Spix. 

 35. It is celebrated in the mythology of the Mexi- 

 cans, and sought after by the natives for its fine 

 feathers.* 



The ANi,t Crotophaga L. 



Are known by their thick bill, compressed, arched, 

 without indentation, elevated, and surmounted by a 

 vertical and trenchant crest. 



Two species of them are known, both of the warm 

 and humid parts of America, with strong and 

 elevated tarsi, the tail long and round, and the 

 plumage black. C. Major, et C. Ani. Enl. 182. 

 %. 1 and 2. Vieill. Gal. QS. 



These birds live on insects and grains; fly in flocks j 

 lay and sit many pairs together, in a nest placed on 

 branches, and of a size proportioned to the number of 



* T. Temminckii, and T. Cinnamoneus, Vaill. T. Ardens, Tein. and T^ 

 Aurantius and T. Variegatus, Spix. 



•j- Ani Anno, the name of these birds in Guiana or Brazil. Ceotophagus 

 was used by Brown in his History of Jamaica, because in that Island these 

 birds fly on the cattle to pick from their backs the Tabanni and ticki. 



