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circulation by Bonaparte ^^ that the Quezal builds a nest in the shape of a bag or 

 barrel open at both ends, by which means injury to its long tail-feathers is avoided, is 

 finally discredited. 



The range of the Quezal extends beyond the limits of Vera Paz, for it occurs where 

 ancient upland forest remains in all the higher parts of Guatemala, such as the 

 mountains beyond the Rio Negro above Chiacaman and Cunen, in the forests of 

 Quezaltenango, and in the great volcanoes of Agua and Fuego, in the belt of mixed 

 forest which encircles those mountains between .7000 and 10,000 feet above the sea. 

 In these mountains we obtained several specimens when staying at the hospitable 

 hacienda of Duenas. Southward of Guatemala the late Capt. G. C. Taylor gave good 

 evidence of Quezals being found in the higher mountains south and east of Comayagua 

 in Honduras ^^, and quite recently Mr. W. B. Richardson has sent us several examples 

 from the neighbourhood of San Rafael del Norte in Nicaragua. Southward of this 

 point there is a distinct gap in the range of the Quezal, the mountain-chain sinking 

 below the height suitable for its economy ; but when the hills and volcanos rise again 

 in Costa Rica and Chiriqui, the Quezal reappears in a slightly smaller form, which 

 was named P. costaricensis by Cabanis ^'^, or P. mocinno var. costaricensis ^^ or P- m. 

 costaricensis ^^, according to the taste of some authors. The diflference is slight and 

 only of dimensions, and in our opinion the southern bird is not worthy of being 

 separated by name. Of the Costa Rica bird M. Boucard ^^ has given some interesting 

 details in the third volume of Rowley's ' Ornithological Miscellany.' 



EUPTILOTIS. 



Euptilotis, Gould, Mon. Trog. ed. 2, t. 6 (1858) ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 436. 

 Leptuas, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 1, p. 206 (1863). 



Uuptiiotis is a peculiar monotypic genus of restricted range. It differs from true 

 Trogon in several points of more or less significance. The central rectrices instead of 

 differing in the sexes are coloured alike in both male and female. The ear-coverts are 

 produced and end in long hair-like filaments, a character not found in any other 

 member of the family. The bill is slate-colour, rather flatter and less stout than in 

 Trogon, the oval nostrils are more exposed, and the maxilla has a single subterminal 

 notch ; and in this respect EuptUotis resembles Pharomacrus rather than Trogon, which 

 has several notches along the end of the tomia. 



The genus was founded by Gould in 1858, and in 1863 Cabanis and Heine, apparently 

 overlooking Gould's title, renamed it Leptuas. 



1. Euptilotis neoxenus. 



Trogon neoxenus, Gould, Mon. Trog. t. 25 (1838) '. 



Euptilotis neoxenus, Gou\A,M.ou. Trog. ed. 2, t. 6 (1858)^; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. 



p. 437 ' ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. v. p. 34 \ 

 Leptuas neoxenus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 1, p. 206 \ 



