March 



1891] 



THE HUMMING BIRD. 



19 



Trogon fulgidus Gould, Calurus fulgidus Gray é Mitch. 

 Habitat Venezuela a?id Colombia. 



Pharomacrus auriceps Gould Trog pi. 25. 



,, ,, Gr. é Mitch Gen. of Bird. 



Golden Headed Train Bearer. 



Mas : — Capite splendide aureo-viridi ; rostro flavo, 

 c auda in toto nigra. 



Male. — The whole of the head, throat, cheeks, and 

 back of the neck goldy-bronze ; chest, all the upper 

 surface, wing and tail coverts rich golden green ; wings 

 and tail jet black ; breast, abdomen and under-tail 

 coverts of the deepest blood-red inclining to crimson ; 

 feathers clothing the tarsi, black ; bill, yellow; feet, 

 reddish brown. 



Total length 15 \ inches; bill \\ inches; wing 8 

 inches ; tail 8 inches. 



Female. — Face, chin and head chocolate-brown ; 

 chest, upper surface, wing and tail coverts, golden 

 green ; wings, brownish black ; primaries margined 

 with buff; across the breast a band of brown; 

 abdomen and under tail coverts, blood-red; tail, black ; 

 the three outer feathers toothed on their outer webs 

 and slightly tipped with white ; bill, blackish-brown ; 



Trogon {Colurus) auriceps Gould. 



Calurus auriceps. Gray & Mitch. 



Habitat Colombia. 



Pharomacrus auriceps. Var xanthogaster Turati & 

 Salvadori. 



Male. — Exactly the same as auriceps ; but with 

 yellow chest and abdomen instead of red. 



The only two specimens known are the type in 

 Turati Collection, now in the Museum at Milan, the 

 other in Count Berlepsch Collection. They were 

 received by me in two large consignments of Pharo- 

 macrus from Bogota (Colombia). I am quite certain 

 that it is only an accidental yellow variety of P. 

 auriceps ; nevertheless it is exceedingly rare and 

 very interesting. These were the only two specimens 

 seen amongst several thousand skins which have 

 passed in my hands. 



Habitat, Neighbourhoods of Bogota (Columbia). 



Pharomacrus pavoninus Spix. 

 Red-billed Train Bearer 



Mas. — Rostro ad basin miniaceo und apicem 

 flaveo ; cauda nigra. 



Male. — Head and breast glossy green in some 

 specimens, rich golden-green in others ; wings and the 

 whole of the upper surface, rich glossy green ; upper 

 tail coverts, green, the two centre ones reaching to the 

 the end of the tail, but rarely exceeding it ; wings 

 and tail, black ; breast and under-tail coverts, rich 

 scarlet ; feathers of the thighs and tarsi, black with 

 green reflections ; hides, dark red inclining to car- 

 mine ; feet, ochre yellow; bill, carmine at the base 

 and yellow at the tip. 



Female — Head, throat, and chest, dark greyish 

 brown tinged with green ; upper part of the abdomen, 

 dark greyish-brown ; the lower part and the under- 

 tail coverts, deep scarlet ; feathers of the thigh and 

 tarsi, black with green reflections ; shoulders and the 



whole of the upper surface, including the upper-tail 

 coverts, whichf nearly reach to the end of the tail, 

 rich green ; wings, brownish-black, with the outer 

 edges of the feathers, buff; tail feathers, black, the 

 two outer on^each side obscurely rayed with greyish- 

 white ; Cupper mandible, dark brown ; under man- 

 dible, dusky carmine, becoming brown at the point ; 

 irides, brown. 



Trogon pavoninus. Spix. 



m „ Gould, P 2 S, 1833. 



Calurus pavoninus Sw. 



,, „ Gray Genera of Birds. 



„ „ Bonaparte Comp Avium. 



Tanypcplus pavoninus Lab a?id Heine. 

 Pharomacrus pavoninus Sclat and Salv, 1867. 



These last descriptions were taken from the mag- 

 nificent work on the Trogons, Monograph of th'. 

 Trotjonidœ, Gould, Second Edition. They agree 

 exactly with the specimens in my collection. 



A. B. 



Second Internationa! Ornithological 



igress. 



I have just received a personal invitation to the 

 Second Ornithological Congress, to be held at Buda- 

 pest, on the 17th of May next. 



This Congress is under the patronage of 

 Count Bethlen, Minister of Agriculture, President. 

 Emeric de Szalay, Ministerial Councillor, Vice 



President. 

 Charles Kamermayer, Burgomaster, Vice President. 

 Dr. Geza Entz, Professor to Polytechnical School, 



Vice President. 

 Etienne de Chernel, General Secretary. 



The Scientific Committee has for its President, 

 Otto Herman, Esq., Deputy, and Dr. Jules de 

 Madarasz as Secrectary. 



Persons wishing to take part in the Congress are 

 requested to arrive not later than the 16th of May. 



From the 16th of May, names of Members can be 

 registered and detailed programmes can be had at 

 the Hungarian Committee, National Museum, before 

 and after twelve every day. 



Extract of Programme : 

 17th May, Solemn Opening of Congress and 



Exhibition. 

 1 8th May, Formation of Sections and Committees. 

 19th ,, Working of Sections and Committees. 

 20th ,, Solemn Meeting of Closing. 

 From the 21st May, Excursions. 



Sections. 

 I. Systematic III. Anatomy. V. Oology. 

 II. Biologia IV. Avigeography. VI. Migration. 



VII. Economic Ornithology 

 Dissertations with exact indication of Title and 

 Section, must be declared not later than the 30th of 

 April, to Budapest, National Museum. 



