frequent opportunities of observing the bird in a state of nature among tbe great woods bordering upon the 
upper parts of the Amazon and tbe Rio Negro, where it is only seen among the highest branches. Since that 
period examples have been brought to England by Mr. Wallace; and I possess a beautiful specimen obtained 
by Mr. Hauxwell at Chamicuros. Upon examining the contents of the stomach, Mr. Natterer almost in¬ 
variably found it to consist of the fruit of a certain species of palm ; he therefore concluded that this, together 
with various berries and stoned fruits, forms its 'subsistence. It arrives in the localities above mentioned 
when its favourite fruit is ripe ; and when the trees no longer yield an adequate supply retires again to 
other districts. 
To Mr. Wallace I am indebted for the following notes, which cannot fail to be of interest to all who admire 
this fine family of birds :—The Pharomacrus pawninus “ inhabits the virgin forests of the higher and dry 
lands, and is never seen in low woods or among the trees growing on the flooded grounds ; but it sometimes 
visits the plantations to feed on fruit, particularly the soft berries, about the size of currants, of the different 
species of Melastoma, the juice of which imparts a purple hue to their stomachs. These fruits are always 
taken when the bird is on the wing. The bird usually sits quietly among tbe branches until hunger impels 
it to dash out, whirl round the tree, and seize its food in its passage; it likewise feeds on insects, which are 
also taken on the wing, the bird darting after them and returning to the same branch in the manner of a 
Flycatcher. The cry of this species is very peculiar, and different from that of the other Amazonian Trogons ; 
it consists of two notes sufficiently loud to be heard a long way off. The Indians ascertain the whereabouts 
of the bird by imitating this cry, which it immediately answers. On ascending the Amazon the bird was 
first noticed about the mouth of the Rio Negro, and became more plentiful on tbe upper part of that river; 
it was actively engaged in the search after insects about sunset, but was not seen to be thus engaged after 
darkness had set in.” 
The Plate represents the two sexes, of tbe natural size. The Plant is the Eugenia Brasilensis. 
