TROCTES MASSENiE. 
Massena’s TroR-on. 
Specific Character 
Mas. Statura magna ; vertice , corpore supra pectoreque nitide viridibus ; lore, plumis auricularibus 
et gutture nigris; ala media cinerea nigro delicate striata, primariis extus albo marginatis; 
rectricibus caudat duabus intermediis purpureo-viridibus, ad apicem nigris; reliquis nigris; pec- 
tore corporeque subtiis coccineis. 
Foem. Vertice, corpore supra, gutture, pectore abdomineque superiore intense cceruleo-cinereis; 
abdomine imo, lateribus crissoque coccineis. 
Male. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, and chest fine green ; lores, ear-coverts, and 
tlnoat black, gradually passing into the green ; centre of the wing finely pencilled with 
black on a grey ground; primaries black, margined on their external webs with white ; two 
centre tail-feathers purplish green, tipped with black, the remainder wholly black ; breast 
and under surface rich scarlet; bill yellow; feet greyish olive. 
Total length 14 inches, bill 1], wing 7i, tail 7. 
Female .—Crown of the head, the upper surface, throat, chest, and upper half of the belly dark 
bluish grey ; lower part of the belly, flanks, and under tail-coverts scarlet; wings and tail 
black, the secondaries and lesser wing-coverts powdered with extremely fine spots of grey; 
upper mandible black ; lower mandible yellow ; feet dark brown. 
Trogon Massena, Gould, Mon. of Trog., pi. 16.—Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 70, 
Togon, sp. 19. Gray, List of Spec, of Birds in Coll. Brit. Mus., partii. sect. i. Fissirostres, 
p. 40.—Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., tom. i. p. 149, Trogon, sp. 18.—Sclat. Proc. of Zool. 
Soc., 1858, p. 96, & 1859, p. 387.—Sclat. and Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 132.—Salv. Ibis, 
1861, p. 146.—Sclat. Cat. of Coll, of Amer. Birds, p. 277.—Cab. Journ. fiir Orn., 1862^ 
p. 174.—Sclat. and Salv. Proc. of Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 364.—Salv. in Proc. of Zool Soc 
1867, p. 151. 
Curucujus Massena, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zygod., p. 14. gen. 2 b. 16. 
Troctes Masserue, Cab. et Heine, Mus. Hein., Theil iv. p. 204. 
Ornithologists will doubtless always be divided in opinion with regard to the value of the minute subdivi¬ 
sions which are found to exist in all large families of birds; on observing that the members of each of 
these subdivisions are characterized by some peculiar feature, some will be inclined to raise them to the 
rank of genera, and to assign to them a distinctive designation, while others will be content with merely 
indicating their existence. With few exceptions, I have kept the American Trogons under two generic 
appellations —Pharomacrus and Trogon : one of the exceptions is Troctes, of which the present bird may 
be considered a typical example, as it certainly is the largest species known, its size being nearly equal to 
that of the greatest of the Train-bearers, Pharomacri. It is a very robust bird, and is remarkable for the total 
