TROGON CALIGATUS, Gould. 
Booted Trogon. 
Trog. Capite, collo, pectoreque intense violaceis ; dorso, uropygio tectricibusque caudce intense et 
metallice viridibus; aid nigra, in medio cinered, lineisque delicatis nigris undatim notata ; 
primariis extus alho marginatis; rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis, nec non proximis 
duabus ad barbam externam, intense et metallice viridibus, his ad barbam internam et ad 
cipicem, illarumque apicibus nigris ; ad has utrinque proxima nigra extus albo notata ; re- 
liquis alternatim albo nigroque fasciatis, ad apicem large alhis ; lateribus cinereis; abdomine 
medio, crissoque aurantiacis ; plumis femorum tarsorumque nigris, finibrid alba antice ad basin 
digitorum; rostro ccendescenti-corneo; pedibus olivaceis. 
Head, neck, and chest deep violet; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts deep metallic green; 
centre of the wing grey, marked transversely with very minute, irregular, and wavy lines 
of black; remainder of the wing black, with the primaries edged externally with white ; 
two centre tail-feathers and the outer web of the next on each side deep glossy green, the 
inner webs of the two latter, and the tips of all six black; the next on each side black, 
with a row of white spots on the outer margin; the three lateral feathers on each side al¬ 
ternately barred with black and white, and largely tipped with white; flanks grey ; centre 
of the abdomen and under tail-coverts orange yellow ; feathers of the thighs and tarsi black 
terminating in a fringe of white immediately above the toes; bill bluish horn colour; 
feet olive. 
Total length, 8i inches; bill, 1; wing, 4-f; tail, 5 ; tarsi, i. 
Trogon caligatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI. 1838. 
I regret exceedingly that it is not in my power to lay before my readers any account relative to the history 
of the elegant little Trogon figured in the accompanying Plate. My own specimen, which is a male, is the 
only one I have seen ; I procured it during a recent visit to Paris, from a collection of South American birds : 
I was unable to obtain any information respecting its true habitat; but that portion of South America 
which extends from the Spanish Main to the River Amazon will in all probability ultimately prove to be its 
native locality. 
It is one of the least of the genus, and is rendered remarkable by the circumstance of the tarsi being thickly 
clothed down to the toes; the black bars on the outer tail-feathers are also broad, and well-defined; and, 
contrary to what obtains in every other species, these bars are not confined to the three lateral feathers, but 
the outer web of the fourth partakes of the same character, although to a less extent. 
