May, 1901 I 
THK CONDOR 
77 
in July, and one immature male and two immature females from Clipperton Is- 
land in November. 
We are indebted te Mr. R. C. McGregor for the loan of an immature male of 
Micranous hazvaiiensis, and to Mr. Wm. Alaiison Br5mn for an adult male of the 
same species from the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Honolulu. 
me.\sure:ments of Micranous diamesiis. 
E. S.J.U. Sex 
Mils. No. 
Length 
Wing 
Tail 
Culmen Depth of 
Bill at 
Base 
M/xilla Gonys 
from 
Nostril 
Tarsus 
Middle 
Toe 
Locality 
5079 ail 
388 
224 
130 
43-3 
8.7 
33 
30 
21-3 
28.3 
Cocos Island 
.SO 13 
? 
360 
241 
13I 
43 - 
8-3 
32 
28 
21. 
26.3 
‘ ‘ 
3205 
$ 
372 
233 
130 
43-3 
9 - 
31 
28 
20. 
26.7 
31 1 1 
? 
356 
223 
12 I 
43 - 
8.7 
31-5 
29 
21. 
25-7 
3026 ‘ ‘ 
? 
370 
231 
129 
43-3 
8. 
32. 
30 
21. 
26.3 
“ 
Averages 
369 
230 
128 
43-6 
8.4 
32. 
29 
21. 
26. 9 
‘ 
5249 im 
? 
233 
123 
43-5 
9 - 
31 - 
28 
21. 
27 - 
5036 
? 
230 
120 
43-5 
8.3 
31-3 
30 
21. 
29-5 
‘ ‘ 
.3823 
? 
360 
223 
I 2 I 
44. 
8.7 
31-5 
28 
20.3 
27 - 
Clipperton Id 
3819 
? 
368 
223 
I 2 I 
43-5 
8.3 
32. 
30 
21. 
27 - 
‘ ‘ 
MEASUREMENTS OF 
Micra nous ha iva iiensis. 
ad 
3 
382 
223 
123 
38.3 
8. 
28. 
28 
21-3 
24. 
Hawaiian Ids 
iiii 
(5 
210 
118 
38. 
7*5 
23 - 
23 
20. 
24. 
‘ ‘ 
% ? 
Two Years With Mexican Birds. II. In the Haunts of the Trogon. 
By E. H. Skinner. 
E arly one morning I took a 
heavy machete and a revolver, 
the machete to cut my way 
through the heavy underbrush and 
tangled hanging vines, and the revolver 
because a gun is carried with difficulty 
in the woods where one has to do as 
much crawling as walking. Collecting 
in the tropics is not exactly easy, taking 
mosquitos, temperature and a few other 
pleasant things into consideration. 
Well, I started out; the morning was 
lovely, a trifle warm to be sure for there 
was not a cloud in sight and not a 
breath of air stirring. The way to the 
woods lay through the cafetal where 
Gray’s Robin {Merida grayi), the most 
beautiful of Mexican .songsters, was 
everywhere present, filling the air with 
its merry song, and Giraud’s Flycatcher 
{ Myiozetetes texensis) were squabbling 
indifferent parts of the plantation. 
We are soon in the woods, however, 
where the birds are more sedate. Tou- 
cans, motmots and trogons are the inter- 
esting birds, on account of their plum- 
age I suppose, for they do little but sit 
in the shade and meditate. The trogon 
family, including several species, are 
the lovliest birds to be found in Central 
i\merica. They are graceful in form, 
retiring in habits, and for diversity and 
brightness of plumage are not equalled 
by any other birds of their range. 
Trogons are found over all the coun- 
try but more particularly in the high- 
lands where their pleasant note can be 
heard at any time in the woods, and 
where they usually remain, rarely ven- 
turingdnto the open, because their slow 
flight would make them an easy prey 
to the raptores. Trogon caligatus, the 
commonest variety in the vicinity of 
the plantation, is a model representa- 
tive of his genus, with his bright change- 
able colors. The remarkable point 
about him is the smallness and weak- 
ne.ss of his tarsi and toes, which would 
scarcely answer for a sparrow. ■* 
I had not taken any eggs of this 
species up to the time of the present 
tri[) and knew practically nothing of 
