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Like other members of the family, Trogon mexicanus does not fly much, but rests 

 almost motionless on the lower branches of the higher trees in an upright position. 

 Its flight is quick but not sustained, as it moves from one perch to another. 



The bare eyelid surrounding the eye in both sexes is red, of a tint corresponding 

 with that of the breast in each case, that of the male being the brighter of the two. 



2. Trogon elegans. 



Trogon elegans, Gould, P. Z. S. 1834, p. 26'; Mon. Trog. t. 3"; ed. 3, t. 9'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, 

 p. 357 * ; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 117 ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 194'; 1872, p. 322'; Cab. & Heine, 

 Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 1, p. J 70'; Cherrie, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 536'; Grant, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 449 ". 



Supra Isete nitido viridis, fronte, capitis lateribus et gula nigrig : subtus gutture e,t pectore dorso concoloribus, 

 fascia pectorali nivea, corpore toto reliquo et tectrioibus subcaudalibus coccineis ; alia nigris, remigibus extus 

 albo limbatis, secundariis, tectrioibus mediis et minoribus nigris minutissime griseo-albido vermiculatis ; 

 Cauda supra cupreo-viridi, rectricibus sex mediis nigro terminatis, rectricibus tribus utrinque externis 

 nigris late albo terminatis et regulariter albo striate transversim fasciatis ; rostro flavo, oculorum ambitu 

 coccineo, pedibus corylinis. Long, tota circa ll'O, alae 5'0, caudee 6'7, rostri a rictu 0'85, taisi 0'65. 



5 supra fusco-brunnea, pileo saturatiore ; loris, capitis lateribus et gula nigrioantibus, macula malari, altera 

 auriculari et oculorum ambitu albis : subtus gutture dorso concolori, fascia pectorale albida, bypocbondriis 

 imis et tectrioibus subalaribus rosaceo-coccineis, abdomine medio albo ; alls nigris, remigibus albo limbatis, 

 secundariis et tectrioibus mediis et minoribus pallide fuscis vix nigro irroratis ; cauda supra castanea 

 nigro terminata, rectricibus tribus utrinque externis nigris albo late transfasciatis et albo terminatis. 

 (Descr. maris et feminie ex La Libertad, Salvador. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Guatemala {fide Gould ^ mus. Heineanum *) ; Salvadoe, La Libertad, Volcan de 

 San Miguel ( W. B. Michardson) ; Hondukas, Plain of Comayagua [Taylor * ^) ; Nica- 

 ragua, Chinandega, Volcan de Chinandega, Leon ( W. B. Eicliardson), Virgin Bay, 

 Lake of Nicaragua {Bridges''), Chontales {BeW) ; Costa Eica, San Lucas I., 

 Gulf of Nicoya {Alfaro & Cherrie ^). 



The specimens from which Gould took his original description of this species in 

 1834 were stated to have been brought from Guatemala ^ ; and a male in the Heine 

 collection is supposed to have come from the same country, a young female in the 

 same collection being attributed to Mexico ^. We have no further evidence that this 

 Trogon occurs in either country, and, judging from the number of skins we have lately 

 received from Salvador and Nicaragua, we are inclined to doubt its occurrence in 

 Guatemala, and to disbelieve in its existence in any part of Mexico. If it is found in 

 the former country it is probably restricted to the southern portion of the lowlands 

 bordering the Pacific Ocean, which form an extension of the lowlands of Salvador, 

 where we have abundant evidence of its occurrence. From this point along the coast 

 of the Pacific through Nicaragua, T. elegans seems to be abundant, as Mr. Eichardson 

 has sent us many specimens from various places visited by him in this region. It also 

 occurs as far in the interior of Honduras as Comayagua, and in the woods on the shore 

 of the great lake of Nicaragua. The most southern point recorded for the occurrence 



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