496 TEOGONID^. 



Colombian State of Antioquia, and an adult male from the Balzar Mountains, north of 

 the Gulf of Guayaquil, in Western Ecuador. Salmon, who met with Trogon chionurus 

 in Antioquia, also found its nest, which he says is made in holes of palm-trees, in which 

 two white eggs are laid ^. 



The notes in the ' Monograph of the Trogonidae 'are as follows : — " This beautiful 

 Trogon may readily be distinguished from the well-known T. viridis by the much 

 greater development of white in the tail-feathers. The first outer pair are all pure 

 white, except a narrow basal patch concealed by the tail-coverts. Of the second pair 

 considerably more than the apical half is white; in the third pair the white apices 

 measure two inches in length. When the tail is closed the under surface appears 

 perfectly white. Comparing the amount of white in the tail with that shown in 

 T. viridis, the distinctness of the two birds is apparent. Notwithstanding this difference, 

 the species remained several years undescribed both in Mr. Lawrence's cabinet and in 

 our own ; but in 1870 Mr. Sclater and I had occasion to examine the question, when 

 it became manifest that this fine species required a name. About the same time 

 Mr. Lawrence also bestowed the name 1\ eximius upon it." 



The first specimens of this species were forwarded to Lawrence from the Panama 

 Eailway Line by the late James M'Leannan, who afterwards supplied our collection 

 with specimens of both sexes. The bird does not seem to extend its range into Central 

 America much beyond the Line of Eailway, Mr. Wyatt, when travelling in the valley 

 of the Magdalena river in Colombia, shot a female of this species in the forest near 

 Paturia, and heard the male calling further in. 



The bird found by the hunters of Bogota is the true T. viridis, which occurs over a 

 wide range of country lying to the east of the Andes, as far as Guiana and Eastern 

 Brazil. It is therefore most probable that Colombian birds of this form are all 

 obtained on the slope of the mountains drained by the upper waters of the Rio Meta, 

 a district much frequented by the Bogota bird-hunters. 



7. Trogon bairdi. 



Trogon bairdi, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 119 ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 316 ' ; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 202 ' ; 



V. Frantz. J. f. Om. 1869, p. 313"; Gould, Mon. Trog. ed. 2, t. 23'; Zeledon, An. Mus. 



Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 120'; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 4&V. 

 Trogon clathratus , Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 119 (nee Salv.)'. 



T. chionuri similis, abdomine et tectricibus subcaudalibus coccineis nee aurantiis facile disHnguendus femina 

 caudae rectricibus tribus utrinque lateralibus ad apices fasciatis nee late albo terminatis. (Descr. maris 

 et feminee ex Bugaba, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. Costa Eica, San Mateo (Coojwr ^ ^, v. Franfzius^), Pozo Azul de Piixis, Las Trojas 

 (Zeledon^); Panama, Bugaba 3, Bibalaz {Arce), Veraguas (Merritt). 



This fine species is closely allied to T. chionurus, but may readily be distinguished 

 by its scarlet breast. It range, too, is distinct, being confined to Costa Rica and the 



