T R O G O N 
COLLARIS, VidU. 
Collared Trog*on. 
Specific Character. 
Mas. Trog. supia aureo-viridis ; rectricihus intermediis sex aureo-viridibus nigro apiculatis, po- 
goniis internis (nisi intermediarum duaruni) nigris, ccetejis nigro alboque J'asciatis ; remigi- 
biis nigris pogoniis externis albis, secundariis alceque medice plumis transverse Jiexuosim nigro 
alboque lineatis ; auribus gulaque nigris ; gutture aureo-viridi ; pectore torque lunatd alba 
cincto ; ventre caudceque tectricibus hvferioribus coccineis. 
Irides saturate brunnece ; rostrum flavo-aiirantiacum ; pedes saturate cinerei. 
Foem. brunnea est ubi mas aureo-viridis; rectricibus tribus extimis utrinque nigro lineolatis 
punctatisque alboque apiculatis. 
Rostrum brunnescenti-aurantiacum. 
Male. Crown of the head and whole of the upper surface rich golden green ; throat and ear- 
coverts black ; two middle tail-feathers golden green ; the two next on each side golden 
green on their outer edge, the inner webs being black, and the whole six tipped with 
black ; the three outer feathers on each side strongly barred with black and white ; pri- 
maries black with their outer edges white ; secondaries and middle of the wing transversely 
rayed with zigzag markings of white and black ; a semilunar collar of white separates the 
golden green of the chest, from the abdomen, which, with the under tail-coverts, is scarlet ; 
bill rich yellowish orange ; irides dark brown ; feet dark grey. 
Remale. Head, chest, and upper surface brown ; two middle tail-feathers rich chestnut brown, 
the two next on each side chestnut brown on their outer webs and black on the inner ; 
the three lateral feathers on each side freckled with black and tipped with white ; a band 
of white separates the brown of the chest from the abdomen, which is scarlet as in the 
male ; bill brownish orange. 
Total length, 9f inches ; bill, i ; -wing, 4f ; tail, 5i ; tarsi, i. 
Le Couroucou Rosalba. Le Vaill. Hist. Nat. de Couroucous, pi. 6. 
Trogon collaris. Vieill. I’Encyclopedie Methodique, vol. 3. p. 1362. 
— Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. vol. 1. p. 50. 
The rich golden green of its plumage, together with the brilliant scarlet of the breast, the strong and decided 
markings of the tail, and the perfect pectoral band of white, are the principal features by which this elegant 
species may be distinguished from its congeners ; for although the Trogon elegans possesses almost the same 
style of markings, the transverse bars of black that vary its much more elongated tail are considerably finer 
and more numerous. 
The Trogon collaris is found in Brazil and Cayenne, from any localities to the north of w'hich countries I 
have never seen speeimens. Although different members of these birds rarely associate, yet M. Natterer in- 
forms me that he once observed this species in company with the Trogon variegatus, on the banks of the 
Rio Negro ; and he considers that in all probability they were effecting a partial migration, from one part 
of the country to another ; the stomachs of several of this species which he examined contained the re- 
mains of fruits and caterpillars. 
The plumage of the sexes differs considerably ; those parts which in the male are rich golden green, being 
of a deep brown in the female : the tail of the latter is also extremely different, being entirely destitute of the 
strong bars of black and white which characterize that of the male. 
