TROGON MEXICANUS, Swamson 
Mexican Trog’on. 
Specific Character. 
Trog. supra nitenti-viridis, pectore dorsoque concoloribus; gutture, regione auriculari alisque 
nigris, his cinereo punctatis; torque pectorali albd; ventre crissoque coccineis; rectricibus 
duabus intermediis viridibus nigro terminatis, duabus proximis utrinque nigris, reliquis 
basaliter nigris late albo terminaliter fasciatis. 
Fccm. Supra olivascenti-brunnea, pectore dorsoque concoloribus, hoc vix rufescente lavato; 
torque pectorali cinerascente obsoleta; corpore reliquo subtiis coccineo; alis nigris brunneo 
parce maculatis; remigibus externis albo fimbriatis; rectricibus duabus intermediis castaneis 
nigro apicatis, duabus proximis utrinque nigris, reliquis albo nigroque fasciatis; rostro 
brunneo, mandibula flavd. 
Adult male. —Beak bright yellow ; throat and ear-coverts black, gradually blending with 
the green which covers the chest and the whole of the upper surface ; two centre 
tail-feathers green, with black tips, the two next on each side wholly black, the three 
outer feathers on each side black, with white tips ; wings black, with the exception 
of the primaries dotted with grey; on the chest a crescentic band of white ; breast, 
belly, and under tail-coverts a tine scarlet; feet brown. 
Total length from 11 to 12 inches ; wing 5tail 7|. 
Adult female. —The top of the head, throat, chest, and back dark brown, inclining to olive 
on the upper surface and to rufous on the chest; across the latter an obscure band of 
light grey; the upper part of the belly brownish grey, the lower part and vent 
scarlet; wings black, slightly freckled with brown on the outer edges of the secondaries 
and shoulders, the outer edges of the primaries fringed with white; two middle tail- 
feathers chestnut-brown tipped with black, the two next on each side wholly black, 
the remainder strongly barred with black and white for nearly their whole length ; 
bill yellow, clouded with brown. 
Trogon mexicanus. Swains. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 440.—Id. Zool. Illustr. 2nd ser. pis. 82, 
107.—Gould, Monogr. Trogon. pis. 1, 2.—Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 70.—Id. Cat. Fissir. 
Brit. Mus. p. 41.—Bp. Consp. i. p. 150.—Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 367, 387.—Scl. 
& Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 132, et 1860, p. 41.—Sclater, Cat. Am. B. p. 276.—Cab. & 
Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 168.—Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 82.—Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. 
Av. Neotr. p. 103. 
-— glocitans, Licht. Preisverz. mex. Th. v. Deppe u. Schiede, p. 1, et Journ. f. Orn. 
1863, p. 55. 
“——— morgani, Swains.” Gould, Mon. Trog. ed. 1. 
Trogonurus mexicanus. Bp. Consp. Yol. Zyg. p. 14. 
Since the first edition of the present Monograph but little has been added to the history of this beautiful 
Trogon. Great difficulty often attaches to the identification of the young male, which differs from the adult 
in having white bars on the tail-feathers. However, in the other edition, I was able to figure a young male, 
lent me by Mr. John Taylor, which shows the assumption of the uniform black tail, and thus precludes the 
idea that these individuals with different-coloured tails belong to different species. Mr. Taylor’s specimens 
