TROGON MERIDIONALIS, Swaim, 
Little Trogon. 
Specific Character. 
Trog. capite pectoreque purpureis, aliquando viridi tinctis; auribus guttureque nigris; ilorso 
saturate aureo-viridi; alls nigrescenti-brunneis, remigibus albo marginatis, secundariis tegmi- 
nibusque pulverulenti-cinereis; ventre aurantiaco; rectricibus intermediis duabus duarumque 
utrinque proximarum pogoniis externis viridibus, harum, pogoniis internis nigris, his omnibus 
nigro apiculatis, reliquis albo nigroque fasciatis. 
Rostrum plumbeum, ad apicem pallidius ; pedes saturate plumbei. 
Foem. Saturate cmruleo-cana, ventre aurantiaco ; alis nigris, secundariis tegminibusque albo 
transversim lineatis ; remigibus extimis utrinque tribus ad basin nigris, pogoniis externis albis 
nigro fasciatis. 
Male. —Crown of the head and chest rich purple, changing to greenish purple in some 
specimens ; throat and ears black ; back and upper tail-coverts dark green tinged with 
gold; wings blackish brown, the primaries edged with white, secondaries and lesser 
wing-coverts finely powdered with grey ; breast and underparts rich orange ; middle 
tail-feathers deep green, two next on each side green on their outer webs and black 
on the inner, all six tipped with black, three outer feathers on each side strongly 
barred with lines of black and white ; bill lead-colour, lighter at the tip ; feet dark 
lead-colour. 
Female. Whole of the head, chest, back, and six middle tail-feathers dark bluish grey; the 
three lateral feathers on each side black at their base, their outer edges white barred 
with black; wings black, secondaries and lesser wing-coverts finely marked with trans¬ 
verse lines of white; under surface orange; bill dark horn-colour. 
Total length 8f inches; bill 1; wing 4^; tail 4§ tarsi \. 
Trogon meridionalis. Swains. An. in Menag. p. 332. 
sulphureus. Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. vol. i. pi. 38, p. 48?—Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 104. 
—Gray, IIand-1. i. p. 83. 
Aganus caligatus. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 186. 
'• devillii. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 191. 
- crissalis. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 190. 
?Trogon violaceus. Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 404. 
Aganus violaceus. Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 190. 
Trogon sulphureus. Spix, Leotaud, Ois. Trin. p. 101. 
This species is very sparingly dispersed over the northern parts of Brazil, but is more abundant in Cayenne, 
Trinidad, and the adjacent islands* It is one of the commonest species in our cabinets, there being few 
collections sent from the last-named countries which do not contain examples. 
The birds figured by Dr. Spix under the name of Trogon sulphureus are in all probability intended 
for this species, but in several particulars do not accord with it : I have therefore considered it best 
to adopt the name assigned to it by Mr. Swainson, who has paid much attention to the South-American 
members of this group. 
Ihe sexes offer the usual differences in the colour of their plumage, the male being clothed above 
with rich green, while the female has the same parts dark bluish grey: the young during the first year 
are like the female. 
