NOTES ON 



PHAROMACRUS COSTARICENSIS. 



By M. ADOLPHE BOUCARD*, C.M.Z.S. &c., 

 Author of ' Catalogus Avium ' &c. 



Order COCCYGES. 



Suborder HETERODACTYLvE. 

 Family TROGONlDiE. 

 t Pharomacrus mocina. La Llave, var. costaricensis, Cab. 



Quetzal; Mexican name. 

 Long-tailed Trogon, English name. 



This fine bird is found in the Repubhc of Costa Rica, and also in the 

 Province of Veragua, near Panama. I have never yet heard that specimens 

 had been seen in either of the Republics of Nicaragua, San Salvador, and 

 Honduras ; it would be very interesting to know if the species occurs also in 

 these countries. In Guatemala it is found in the highlands of the country, 

 chiefly in the Province of La Vera Paz. It is also seen in the Province of 

 Quezaltenango, now belonging to Guatemala. But in remote times this 

 province was a tributary of the empire of the Mexicans ; and it is a well- 



* [M. Adolphe Boucard, who has lately returned from a scientific expedition in Central 

 America^ has kindly forwarded to us for publication some personal observations on Pharomacrus 



