TEOGON. 491 



Sonora oh the west, and even beyond the limits of Mexico to Arizona ^^, and also to 

 Nuevo Leon and Tauiaulipas on the east. It is also found in the Valley of Mexico 

 and in the Alpine region of Orizaba, but apparently not in the lowlands of the State 

 of Vera Cruz. 



The range in altitude is unusually great for a member of the family of the Trogonidse, 

 for, as just stated, it occurs in the highlands near Mexico and Orizaba, and in many 

 places in the mountain-ranges of the States of Jalisco, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. It also 

 is found at Mazatlan, the Tres Marias Islands, and San Bias, and near Tampico and 

 other places in the vicinity in the State of Tamaulipas, all near the sea-level. 



The range of T. elegans is much further south, and, as already stated under the 

 account of that species, is chiefly restricted to Nicaragua and Salvador. 



Of the habits of this species little is on record, and they doubtless differ little or not 

 at all from those of other members of the genus. Grayson, who observed it at 

 Mazatlan '^ and the Tres Marias Islands ^, says that it is to be met with only in the dark 

 forests of the tierra caliente, where it breeds in the hollows of trees like Parrots, 

 incubating in June and July. Mr. Ridgway, in 1887, reported that a young bird of 

 this species had been obtained in the Huachuca Mountains in Arizona on Aug. 24, 

 1885, by Lieut. H. C. Benson, U.S.A., and gave a full description of this specimen i°- 

 The species had previously been recorded from near the frontier by Baird ^^ in his 

 account of the birds collected by the Boundary Survey, and there called T. mexicanus. 



The name 2\ puella appears in Duges's list of the birds of Guanajuato and 

 Guadalajara ^^. This should probably be T. ambiguus, as the district is far outside the 

 recognized range of T. jpuella. 



4. Trogon puella. 



Trogon puella, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 18 ' ; Mon. Trog. ed. 2. 1. 11 ^ ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 286 ' ; 



1859, pp. 367 S 387 = ; 1864, p. 176°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 132'; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1862, 



p. 173 ' ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 118 ' ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4. p. 31 " ; Salvad. 



Atti R. Ace. Se. Tor. 1868, p. 181"; v. Prantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 312"; Salv. P. Z. S. 



1870, p. 202"; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 48^*; 1883, p. 454'=; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. 



p. 239 " ; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 120 " ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 



xvii. p. 452". 

 Trogon aialapensis, Du Bus, Esq. Orn. t. 2 ". 

 Trogon aurantiiventris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 107"; Mon. Trog. ed. 2, t. 12='; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1856, pp. 139", 286"; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 194" ; P. Z. S. 1867, p. 151 ''; 1870, p. 202"; 



Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 118"; v. Prantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 312"; Zeledon, An. 



Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 120" ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 454'°. 

 Pothinus aurantiiventer, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 1, p. 182 \ 

 Trogon luciani, Less, apud Bonaparte " ; Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 955 (1856) ". 

 Trogon sallcei, Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 955 ". 

 Pothinus salleei. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 1, p. 183'=. 



62'' 



