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fiiBVal habitations in natural caverns, oi in mountains exca¬ 
vated by their own labour, were probably, as Sir William 
Jones conjectures (Works, vol.iii. p. 166, 8vo ), the first in¬ 
habitants of Africa, where they became in time the builders 
of magnificent cities, the founders of seminaries for the ad¬ 
vancement of science and philosophy, and the inventors (if 
they were not rather the importers) of symbolical characters. 
Upon the whole he concludes, that the Ethiops of Meroe 
were the same people with the first Egyptians, and hence like¬ 
wise, as might be easily shewn, with the original Hindoos. 
TROGON, Curucui, a genus of the Picas; the characters 
of which are, that the bill is shorter than the head, cultrated, 
hooked, and serrated at the margin of the mandibles; the 
nostrils are covered with bristles; and the feet, short, simple, 
covered with down, are formed for climbing, having two toes 
forwards, and two backwards. 
The birds of this genus are mostly inhabitants of South 
America: they feed on fruits, and all agree in their general 
habits of life. In Guiana they are denominated Couroucouis 
or Curucui , from their notes being very much like that 
word. 
1. Trogon strigilatus.—Cinereous, with a fulvous abdomen, 
wings striated with white; tail-feathers black, the three 
lateral ones outwardly banded and tipped with white. The 
cinereous curucui of Latham.—Inhabits Cayenne and 
Guiana. 
2. Trogon curucui.-—Golden-green; of a fulvous red beneath, 
throat black; wing-coverts and the three exterior tail-feathers 
white, striped with black. Red-bellied curucui of Latham. 
Of this species there are several varieties, viz. one mentioned 
by Marcgrave, which had the wing-coverts plain brown, 
the bill ash-coloured, irides saffron-coloured, and without 
the bare spot under the eye mentioned by Brisson in his de¬ 
scription -.--another, with a yellow abdomen; the green yel¬ 
low-bellied cuckow of Edwards:-—another, described and 
figured by Buffon, of a cinereous-grey, with very slight 
traces of green-gold, especially on the back and middle tail- 
feathers ; the lower part of the belly and the vent only being 
red; the tail very long, having the outer webs of the three 
lateral feathers and the tips plain white; the three outer quills 
are also marked with black and white on the exterior webs. 
This species is a very solitary bird, being found only in the 
thickest forests; and in pairing time never more than two 
are found together, when the male has a very melancholy 
note, never uttered except whilst the female is sitting. They 
pair in April, and lay three or four white eggs. The male, 
daring the incubation of the female, supplies her with food, 
and by his song helps to pass away the time. The young, 
when first hatched, are altogether without feathers, and are 
fed by the old birds with small worms, caterpillars, and in¬ 
sects; but are deserted by them, when they are able to shift 
for themselves; and the parent-birds return to their solitary 
haunt-, till August or September, when they are prompted to 
prodlice another brood. At St. Domingo and in other islands 
these birds are called “ Demoiselle,” or “Dame Angloise,” 
where attempts have been made to tame them, but ineffectu¬ 
ally, as they refuse to eat, and consequently die.—They are 
also found in Cayenne, Peru, Brazil, and Mexico. 
3. Trogon viridis.—Golden-green; beneath yellow; throat 
black; with the three lateral feathers on both sides obliquely 
dentated with white. The yellow-bellied curucui of Latham, 
Of this species there is a variety, viz., the less, with white 
abdomen : the white-bellied curucui of Latham.-—This spe¬ 
cies inhabits Cayenne. 
4. Trogon rufus.—-Rufous, with the body beneath yellow ; 
wings striated with black and grey; the three lateral tail- 
feathers striated with black and white,.with white tips. The 
rufous curucui of Latham.—Found in Cayenne. 
5. Trogon violaceus.—-Violet-coloured, with a green 
back; wing-coverts and secondary quills spotted with white; 
the three lateral tail-feathers barred with black and white, 
with white tips. The violet-headed curucui of Latham.— 
Found in Cayenne. 
6. Trogon maculatus.-—Striped with dusky and brown; 
crown green; wing-coverts and secondary quill-feathers 
green, white at the tips; tail dusky, with whitti bars. Spotted 
curucui of Latham.—Inhabiting Ceylon. 
7. Trogon fasciatus.—With a ferruginous back; body be¬ 
neath fulvous red; head and neck dusky, with a white fascia 
on the breast; wings fasciated with black and white; apex 
of the tail black. Fasciated curucui of Latham.—Inhabit¬ 
ing Ceylon, but rare, and called by the inhabitants “ Raut- 
vankondea.” 
8. Trogon Asiaticus.—Green, with the forehead, crown, 
and hind part of the neck red ; throat blue, with a red spot; 
quills and tail-feathers black. Blue-cheeked curucui of La* 
tham.—Inhabiting India. 
9. Trogon Indicus.—Dusky, with ferruginous spots above; 
beneath yellowish, striped with dusky; head black, with white 
stripes; tail very long, and barred. Indian curucui of La¬ 
tham ; called in India by the natives “ Bungummh” 
10. Trogon naiina.—Above green, with a red belly. 
Male, with the head, neck, back, throat, jugulum, breast, and 
wing-coverts green, which last are greyish behind ; quills 
black, bordered externally with white. Female, with the 
throat, jugulum, and wing-coverts brown; abdomen in front 
cinerescent. Le Vaillant says, that this bird is an inhabitant 
of Caffraria, and the country of Auteniquato the river Gam- 
too, and that the name Narina, in the Hottentot language, 
signifies a flower. The female lays four nearly round eggs, 
and during her incubation the male has a melancholy note, 
but at all other times he is silent. 
TROGUS (Pompeius), a Latin historian, flourished in tire 
time of Augustus, and wrote 44 books, under the title of 
“Philippics,” so called from their subject, which was the 
Macedonian empire, originating with Philip, the father of 
Alexander. An epitome of this work by Justin is extant. 
Justin denominates Trogus a man of antique eloquence, and 
Pliny, who often refers to him in his Natural History, distin¬ 
guishes him by the appellation of “ severissimus auctor,” as 
the most exact author. 
TROHAM, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Bisley, 
Gloucestershire, remarkable for quarries of good tiles. 
TROIA, or Trojan Games, Ludi Trojani, were games 
instituted by Ascanius, son of iEneas; and which afterwards 
passed to the Romans, and were celebrated in the circus by 
the youth of Rome. 
TROIS PISTOLES, a seigniory of Lower Canada, in the 
county of Cornwallis. 
TROIS PISTOLES, Riviere de, a river of Lower Ca- 
nana, which falls into the St. Lawrence; 6 miles below 
Green Island. 
TROIS RIVIERES, a bay at the east end of the island 
of St. John's, and west of Cape Breton island. Three streams 
fall into it from different directions; hence its name. Lat. 
46. 5. N. long. 62. 15. W. 
TROIS RIVIERES, a river of St. Domingo, which is 
formed by the union of three streams, and runs into the sea 
on the north coast of the islaud, near Port Paix. 
TROIS SAUMONS, a small river of Lower Canada, 
which has its source in the mountains, about five miles to the 
south of the St. Lawrence, and descending in a westerly di¬ 
rection, falls into that river a little below Crane island. Over 
this river there is a good bridge. At its mouth there are 
valuable mills, and an extensive distillery. 
TROITSK, a town of Asiatic Russia, in the government 
of Orenbourg. It is surrounded with wooden fortifications, 
forming a square, flanked with towers, and encompassed by 
a ditch and glacis. Lat. 54. 15. N. long. 55. 30. E.—Also 
another town of Asiatic Russia, situated about 90 miles to 
the west of the former. The inhabitants, amounting to up¬ 
wards of 3000, are entirely employed in cultivation. 
TROITSKO SAUSKAIA, a fortress of Asiatic Russia, 
situated near the Chinese frontier, on the Kiachta; 345 miles 
south of Irkoutsk. 
TROIZK, a small town in the south-west of European 
Russia,- iu the government of Pensa, with 3800 inhabitants; 
79 miles north-north-west of Penza. 
TROIZKOI 
