TROGON ELEGANS. 
Graceful Trog*on. 
Specific Character. 
Mas 
Trog, facie, capite antice, aurihus, guttureque nigris ; pectore, cervice, dor so, tectrici- 
caudcB simerioribus viridibus 
yferioribus 
mgr IS 
pectorali alba 
. in medio cin 
cibusq 
caudce 
albo 
pogoniis externis albo fmbriatis ; rectricibus duabus intermediis p 
ad apicem 
lis cupr eo-viridibus , harum pogoniis internis nigris 
ad basin nigris, ad apicem albis, in medio prcesertin 
albo nigroque fc 
Foem 
Auribus 
pectorali subobsoletd 
olivaceo 
medio 
migibus brunneis ; ventre antice brunnescenti-griseo in coccineum po 
cibus duabus intermediis sordide castaneis, apicibus nigris, duabus p 
reliquis ad basin nigris, ad apicem albis, in medio albis nigro sparsu 
is; re- 
rectri- 
n igris. 
Rostrum flavum : 
brunnei 
Male. Face, fore part of the head, ear-coverts, and throat black ; chest, hack of the neck, back, 
and upper tail-coverts green ; a white crescent separates the green of the chest from the 
breast, which together with the belly and under tail-coverts is scarlet ; wings brownish 
black, the primaries having their outer edges fringed with white ; secondaries and centre 
of the wings grey, strongly marked with zigzag transverse lines of black ; two middle tail- 
feathers green with bronzy reflections on their outer webs, only the inner webs black ; all 
six are largely tipped with black ; the remaining six black at the base and white at the 
tip, the middle portions of these latter feathers barred with black and white, which is most 
strongly depicted on their outer edges ; feet brown ; bill fine gamboge yellow. 
Female. Bill yellow ; centre of the ear-coverts and a small rim round the eye white ; the whole 
of the upper surface and chest greyish brown with a tinge of olive ; primaries brown, 
their outer edges fringed with white ; centre of the wings and secondaries grey, faintly 
speckled with spots of a darker colour ; a faint pectoral band of white separates the feathers 
of the chest from those of the breast, which is light brownish; grey on the upper part, 
gradually passing into the scarlet of the hinder part and under tail-coverts ; two centre 
tail-feathers dull chestnut brown tipped with black, two next on each side black, the 
remainder are black at the base and white at the tip, the middle portion being white, 
irregularly blotted with black. 
. 
Total length about 12 inches ; wing, 5i to 5i ; tail, 7t. 
Trogon elegans. Gould, Proceedings of Zool. Soc., Part II. p. 26. 
The beautiful bird here figured under the specific title of elegans is a native of Guatimala, a country rich 
beyond measure in zoological stores, and of the numberless productions of which a large proportion are yet to 
be characterized by the scientific. 
The Graceful Trogon was received from Paris, to which city it was sent from Guatimala in company with 
several other species, as the Trog. resplendens, &c. 
In point of affinity it is most nearly allied to the bird we have called ambiguus, the chief point of difference 
being in the decided barring of the outer tail-feathers, and in the stronger marking on the wings. 
The lengthened tails of many of the Mexican Trogons seems a feature which distinguishes them from all 
the other Trogons of the new continent ; but in this particular the Trog. elegans is especially conspicuous, 
possessing as it does a more lengthened tail than any other of the smaller species of this genus. 
The female is readily distinguished from the male by her more obscure and less gaudy colouring, a de- 
scription of which is given above. 
The Plate represents a male and female. 
