TROGON. 4?)3 



ExtniUmital Range. Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, 

 Venezuela. 



Ilahits. Scboinbur<;k states (Eeis. GuiaK. iii. p. 718) tbat ibis 

 bird baunts tbe ligbt parts of tbe M'oods and trees near the river- 

 banks. It is often found associated with Anipelis on the fio; 

 and brosimum trees, the fruit of both having a great attraction 

 tor the bird. Insects also form a great part of its diet; it catches 

 them in the same manner as the Galbulidae. The male and female, 

 when watching for insects, sit near each other on the same branch. 

 Its nest is like that of a Pigeon's, built loosely between the 

 branches of trees. In the morning it utters its loud call (c/. vol. i. 

 p. 127). Its flight is similar to that of a Toucan. The "Macusis" 

 Ciill it Sorroko and the " Warraus^' Taitapih. 



Mr. Barrington Brown (Canoe and Camp Life, p. 154) gives 

 the following note : — " Close to my tent at that place (Ataraipu, 

 Quitaro Kiver) there was the nest of a common, dark-coloured 

 Trogon, called Bow^clorou ; the nest merely consists of a hole 

 scooped out of a large, round termites' nest, built on the stem 

 of a tree. In it were two young ones, which kept up a most 

 doleful whistling all day, while the mother sat on a tree-bough 

 near b}-, being afraid, from our near proximity, to approach 

 them.'' 



201. Trogon rufus. 

 Black-throated Trogon. 



Trogon rufus Gmel. Svst. Nat. i. p. 404, 1788 (Cayenne) ; Brabourne & 

 Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 149, no. 1460, 1912. 



Trogon airicolUs Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 719, 1848 ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1886, p. 61 (Bartiea Grove, Camacusa, Meriune Mts.) ; Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 455, 1892 (Demerara). 



Adult male. Hinder part of head, lesser upper wing-coverts, 

 V)ack, and middle tail-featbers metallic green, inclining to bluish on 

 the upper tail-coverts ; middle tail-feathers tipped with black, the 

 next two {)airs have tbe inner webs black, lateral feathers white 

 v\ ith black bases and narrowly barred with black towards the 

 tips ; median, greater u[){)er wing-coverts, and outer webs of 

 secondaries minutely si)eckled with white, some of the greater 

 coverts black on the inner webs ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills black with pale edges to the outer wel)S of the jjrimaries; 

 chin, forehead, and r^i(U's oi face black ; remain<b'r dl" tbe under 



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