Temm 
TROGON ARDENS, 
Rosy-breasted Trog’on. 
Mas. 
T wg. vertice, nucha, plumisque auricular ihus intense sanguineo-rubris ; dorso, tectricibusque 
caudce superioribus rv^o-castaneis ; aid in medio nigra lineis delicatis] albis, transversim or- 
natd ; primariis nigris, extus albo marginatis ; rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis rufo- 
castaneis, ad apicem nigris ; utrinque proximis duabus omnino nigris ; reliquis, ad apicem 
large albis, ad basin nigrescenti-fuscis ; pectore rosaceo ; abdomine coccineo ; rostro auran- 
tiaco, ad basin ccerideo ; pedibus Jlavescenti-f usds. 
Foem. 
Vertice, genisque intense f usds ; guld nigrescent i-fuscd ; dorso tectricibusque caudce supe- 
rioribus obscure rubricatis ; pectore et abdomine pallide ochraceo-fusds, crisso potius Jiaves- 
cente ; ala in medio nigrescenti-fuscd, lineis ochraceo-fusds, transversim notatis ; caudd sicut 
in mare. 
Male. Crown of the head, back of the neck and ear-coverts dark blood red ; throat black ; 
back and upper tail-coverts reddish chestnut ; centre of the wing black crossed with fine 
lines of white ; primaries black, externally margined with white ; two centre tail-feathers 
reddish chestnut tipped with black ; the two next on each side wholly black ; the three 
outer on each side largely tipped with white, which gradually passes into blackish brown 
at the base ; chest delicate rosy red ; the remainder of the under surface scarlet ; bill orange 
yellow, passing into blue at the base ; feet yellowish brown. 
. 
Female. Crown of the head and cheeks dark brown ; throat blackish brown ; back and upper 
tail-coverts dull reddish ; breast and all the under surface light sandy brown, becoming 
more yellow on the under tail-coverts ; centre of the wing blackish brown, crossed with 
lines of sandy brown ; tail as in the male. 
Total length, 12 inches; hill, U; wing, 5i; tail, 8 ; tarsi, f. 
Trogon ardens, Temm., PI. Col. 404. 
This fine bird received the specific appellation of ardens from M. Temminck, whose description and figure, 
published in the “ Planches Coloriees,” was taken from a specimen of the female in the possession of M. Le 
Baron Laiigier de Chartreuse, at Paris. His specimen was at that time unique, and was received from Min- 
danao. When the Baron’s fine collection was sold this bird, together with many others, was purchased 
by the British Museum, of whose splendid collection it now forms a part. 
It is to the unremitting and spirited researches of Mr. Hugh Cuming that I am indebted for the knowledge 
of the male of this fine species, of which an example accompanied by a female has been recently transmitted 
to the Museum of the Zoological Society, together with many other rarities, which were collected at 
in the Manillas. 
In point of affinity it is closely related to the other red-headed species, such as Trog. erythrocephalus, 
T. Hodgsonii, T. Diardii, See. ; but may be distinguished from all others by the beautiful band of delicate 
rose-colour which crosses the breast. 
