BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 749 
E{utroctes] macrurus Hernz, Journ. fiir Orn., xi, Sept., 1863, 358. 
[Eutroctes] macrurus Heinz and ReicHENow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 210 
(Cartagena). 
CURUCUJUS CLATHRATUS (Salvin). 
LATTICE-TAILED TROGON. 
Much like C. massena, but smaller, lateral rectrices crossed by 
narrow lines of white, and adult female with lower breast light brown 
instead of gray. 
Adult male——Above nearly uniform metallic green or golden or 
bronzy green, the upper tail-coverts rarely more bluish, but middle 
pair of rectrices usually more bluish green (sometimes greenish blue), 
rather broadly, but not sharply, tipped with black; inner web of 
second and third pairs of rectrices (from middle) black, the outer 
web metallic green, bluish green, or greenish blue, tipped with black; 
remaining rectrices black, crossed on outer web and distal portion of 
inner web with narrow lines of white, the outermost rectrix with 
greater portion of inner web thus barred; anterior lesser wing-coverts 
metallic green or bronze-green, the remaining coverts and the sec- 
ondaries delicately vermiculated with black and white; remainder of 
wing dull black or blackish slate, the longer primaries edged with 
grayish white, this broken into minute freckling on distal portion; 
loral, orbital, auricular, and malar regions, chin and throat black; 
chest metallic green or golden-green; remaining under parts pure 
geranium red, the thighs black or dark sooty slate, the longer feathers 
sometimes narrowly tipped with pinkish; bill yellow (orange in life ?). 
iris brown; feet brownish or horn color (in dried skins); length 
(skins), 285-302 (295);® wing, 152-165 (159); tail, 148.5-160 (153.5); 
culmen, 20-21.5 (20.8); tarsus, 14.5-15.5 (15.1); inner anterior toe, 
14.5-17.5 (15.5).° 
Adult female——Pileum blackish slate; remaining upper parts slate 
color, the middle rectrices darker and more brownish slate, narrowly 
and rather indistinctly tipped with blackish; rest of tail as in adult 
‘male; wings dull blackish slate, the wing-coverts and secondaries 
minutely and rather indistinctly vermiculated with pale grayish, 
the longer primaries edged with white; loral, orbital, auricular, and 
malar regions, chin, and throat dark sooty; chest slate color, passing, 
through dull slate-gray, into light raw umber or wood brown, the 
posterior portion sometimes faintly barred; rest of under parts 
geranium red, the thighs blackish or sooty; maxilla blackish, with 
lower basal portion, together with mandible dull yellow; feet as in 
adult male; length (skins), 278-285 (282); wing, 151-165 (158.7); 
@ Heyde and Lux, manuscript. b Three specimens, ¢ Nine specimens, 
