TROGON MASSENA, Gould. 
Prince Massena’s Trog-on. 
Mas. Trog. vertice, cor pore supra, pectoreque nitide viridibus; loro, plumis auricidaribus, et 
gutture nigris; aid media cinerea nigro delicate striata, primariis extus albo marginatis ; 
rectricibus cauclce duabus intermediis purpureo-viridibus, ad apicem nigris ; reliquis nigris ; 
pectore, corporeque subtus coccineis ; rostro Jlavo; pedibus cinereo-olivaceis. 
Foe in. Vertice, corpore supra, gutture, pectore, abdomineque superiore intense cceruleo-cinereis; 
abdomine imo, lateribus, crissoque coccineis, alis cauddque nigris; secondariis, tectricibusque 
alee minoribus guttulis cinereis adspersis; mandibidd superiore nigra, inferiore Jlavd; pe¬ 
dibus fuscis. 
Male . Crown of the head, all the upper surface and chest fine green ; lores, ear-coverts and 
throat black, gradually passing into the green; centre of the wing finely pencilled with 
black on a grey ground : primaries black, margined on their external webs with white , 
two centre tail-feathers purplish green, tipped with black, the remainder wholly black ; 
breast and under surface rich scarlet; bill yellow ; feet greyish olive. 
Female . Crown of the head, the upper surface, throat, chest and upper half of the belly dark 
bluish grey; lower part of the belly, flanks and under tail coverts scarlet; wings and tail 
black, the secondaries and lesser wing-coverts powdered with extremely fine spots of grey ; 
upper mandible black; lower mandible yellow; feet dark brown. 
Total length, 14 inches ; bill, It; wing , 7t ; tail, 7 ; tarsi, f. 
I believe I may safely assert that no example of this fine Trogon exists in any of the public or private 
collections of England. On the continent, however, I have had opportunities of examining specimens in 
the Museums at Vienna and Leyden, and in the fine collection of the “ Jardin de Plantes,” at Paris : Prince 
Massena also possesses several examples ; among which there is a series consisting of the old and young 
male, and the female; and it is from these that my figures are taken. 
In dedicating this species to Prince Massena, I am desirous of paying a just compliment to a nobleman 
ardently attached to the science of Zoology, and to acknowledge his many acts of kindness towards myself. 
Habitat. Mexico. 
