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gulch” (1903, p. 115). Up at the head of the gulch, Mr. Bailey often 
saw three or four at a time, bathing by flying through the spray of a 
waterfall. 
The Mexican form of the Blue-throat was found by Doctor Nelson in 
south-central Mexico between 7,500 and 12,000 feet. They are rather 
quiet birds, he says, “often found perched on the tips of large maguey 
leaves.” A nest that he describes was found at an altitude of 11,500 
feet on the north slope of the volcano of Toluca, in the State of Mexico 
(MS). 
Additional Literature.—Ray, R. C., Condor, XXVII, 49-51, 1925. 
TROGONS: Order Trogoniformes 
TROGONS: Family Trogonidae 
In the Trogons, the bill is short and stout, with edges serrate and 
gape bristled; the eyelids are lashed, the wings short, tail long, feet 
small and weak, and the plumage soft and lax, of gorgeous coloration. 
[COPPERY-TAILED TROGON: Trogonfirus ambiguus (Gould) 
Description . Length: About 11.2-12 inches, wing 5.1-5.5, tail G.5-7.2. Adult 
■male: bp per par Is bright metallic green or bronze , middle tail feathers green to copper - 
bionze, btoadly tipped with black or bluish black , outer pairs of feathers largely white , 
sub terminally vermiculated; wing coverts vermiculated with black and white, 
primaries slate-black, outer webs grayish; face and throat black , chest like back bor¬ 
dered by white crescent; rest of underparts geranium red , thighs blackish, feathers 
partly pink; iris dark brown, naked eyelids red or orange, bill yellow, feet brownish. 
Adult female: Similar to male in color pattern but largely gray where he is black, and 
brown where he is green, red of underparts lighter, pink of thighs replaced by whitish; 
ear coverts crossed by a broad brownish bar; eye encircled by a broad brownish ring, 
iris and feet as in male, bill duller yellow. Young: Varying from gray head and 
underparts and brown upperparts—tail like female and wings spotted with bufty and 
black, white eye-ring and bar on ear-coverts—through a long series of changes to the 
full adult plumages. 
Range. \ alley of the low r er Rio Grande in Texas, and southern Arizona south 
to Oaxaca and Guerrero, Mexico; rare in the United States. 
State Records.— This Trogon has not yet been taken in New Mexico, but a 
breeding specimen was secured June 23, 1892, on the east side of the San Luis Moun¬ 
tains only five miles south of the New Mexico boundary and hence the species prob¬ 
ably occurs in New' Mexico.— W. W. Cooke. 
Nest.— Reported in cavities in large trees, generally in large deserted woodpecker 
holes, but also in holes in banks. Eggs: 3 or 4, dull white (Forrer). 
General Habits. This beautiful southerner should be carefully 
watched for in pine woods along the southern boundary of the State. 
Its note is said to suggest that of a hen turkey.] 
