°rder II. PASSERES. 
Tribe II. Fissirostres Diurn.e. 
The fo ^th Family, 
TROGONIDiE, or Trogons, 
rear; 
. short, strong, subtriangular, broader at the base than elevated, with the tip and the 
c ° n ceal d Sen0rally tootliecl 5 ^e Gape furnished with bristles ; the Nostrils basal, lateral, more or less 
n SU aiiy th^ I Jro d ec ting feathers ; the Wings moderate and rounded, with the fourth and fifth quills 
UllCr liUil C ° Veret ^ w ith feathers; the Toes placed two anteriorly and two posteriorly, each pair 
longest ; the Tail long and even, with the lateral feathers graduated ; the Tarsi short, and 
Trogon Moehr .* 
Bill 
the sp[ eg s ^ 01 ’t» the base very broad, and the culmen much curved to the tip, which is emarginated, 
by ^ m P r essed, and the lateral margins serrated ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and entirely concealed 
Tail l 0llo . ^ 1^ U1TLCS an d bristles. Wings moderate, with the fourth and fifth quills equal and longest. 
c° ncea i- ^ le middle feathers even, and the lateral feathers graduated. Tarsi short, and entirely 
Ul fited ^ S ^ 0rt Pl UIn es, their entire length. Toes moderate ; the two anterior ones unequal, and 
asf »a 8 the first jomt. 
Thegg g i 
j'pnin motionle* 1 ai ' e P ecu h ar to tropical America. 
e ve n ; nw Css on the branches, among the thick foliage, during the heat of the day; but early i 
Hll( l dart aft er ^ more open though still shady parts, and take up some position from wl 
not 
In the gloomy shades of the forests they live solitary, and 
in the morning and in 
which they can observe 
h r °hmg e( j to " msects hying near, on which they principally subsist. Their flight is rapid and undulating, though 
f " St a specie ° ® rea ^ distance. The nest is placed in holes formed by means of the bill in rotten trees, or in the 
a nt that burrows in them. The female lays from three to four eggs on the bare dust. 
h T. 
Mo' Curu cui R; nn T „ , 
' * — Troa-nn J , 1 • enl - 432 - 737., Le Vaill. Hist. Nat. Cour. 
2. T 
° gon me latmrus 
97(, '• C “rKc M ,. a *y aU “ rUS Swain s - Gould, Monogr. Trog.pl. 18. 
•> Goupq M leU1 - N. Diet. Hist. Nat. viii. 322., Azara No. 
vio, T ‘ *iridu V Tr0g ' pL 15 ‘ 
te ra CUs Owe/. . -p ^ a ‘lh Hist. Nat. Cour. t. 3, 4. — Trogon 
, S Q ' ^igilatus Gmel. PI. enl. 765. ; T. melanop 
• T. UJ(1 , Mom 
195. 
Wn 
lept, 
■Tr, 
Uru « Swai 
°gr. Trog. pi. 10, 11. 
-ogon rufl)c - Two Cent, and a Quart, p. 331., PI. enl. 
5 y * st * ^at. Cour en *‘ sca * ar * s • Le 
lli rd ‘ • atr icall is (v- •!; ; T ’ atri collis ( Vieill.) Gould. 
>^r.V Pl ' 331 -, Le v'lln DiCt ' HiSt ‘ Nat Viii - S18 ‘> 
ai11 - Hist. Nat. Cour, 
6.‘>pl. 8 
^ Go uld 
Edwards’s 
7, 8. 15., Gould, Mo- 
Spix, 
yj. ' ’ ^ Vi Gras. t. 38. — Trogon meridionalis 
Monogi-. Trog. p j. 9. 
7. T. aurantius Spix, Av. Bras. t. 36., Gould, Monogr. Trog. 
pi. 1 4. 
8. T. collaris Vieill. N. Diet. Hist. Nat. viii. 320. — Trogon 
rosalba Cuv. Le Vaill. Hist. Nat. Cour. t. 6., Gould, Monogr. Trog. 
pi. 5. ; T. auratus Swains. 
Q. T. variegatus Spix, Av. Bras. t. 38 a ., Gould, Monogr. Trog.pl. 6. 
10. T. roseigaster Vieill. Ency. Meth. iii. 1358., Le Vaill. Hist. 
Nat. Cour. t. 13. — Trogon domicellus Cuv. ; T. rhodogaster 
Tamm. ; Temnurus ? roseigaster Gould, Monogr. Trog. pi. 20. 
11. T. ambiguus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1835. 30., Monogr. Trog. 
pi. 4. 
12. T. citreolus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1835. 30., Monogr. Trog. pi. 
13. — Trogon ehrysogaster Swains. 
13. T. eleyans Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1835. 26., Monogr. Trog. 
pi. 3. 
Established in 1752, by Mcehring, in his Genera Avium. 
