rTROGON HODGSONII, Gould . 
Hodgson’s Trogon. 
Mas. Trog. capite, collo, pectore, corporeque subtus intense sanguineis; dorso, tectricibusque 
caudce superioribus,jlavescenti-fuscis ; alis in medio lineis delicatis albis et nigris striatis ; 
primariis nigris, extus cdbo marginatis ; rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis castaneis, ad 
apicem nigris; utrisque proximis nigris ; extus per tres partes basin versus, castaneis ; intus 
lined castanea prope calamum excurrente ornatis ; ad has proximis nigris, extus ad basin per 
dimidiam partem castaneis ; rectricibus reliquis nigris, ad apicem large albo notatis; rostro 
nigro ; pedibus olivaceis. 
Foem. Quoad colorem afcemind speciei Tr. Erythrocephalus diet a; baud distingui potest. 
Head, neck, breast and all the under surface deep blood red ; back and upper tail-coverts 
sandy brown; centre of the wing striated with fine wavy lines of black and white; pri¬ 
maries black, margined on their outer webs with white ; two centre tail-feathers rich 
chestnut brown, tipped with black; the next on each side black, with two-thirds from the 
base of the outer web, and a fine line down the side of the shaft on the inner web rich 
chestnut brown ; the next on each side black with the basal half of the outer web rich 
chestnut brown; the three lateral feathers on each side black largely tipped with white, 
which extends for some length down the outer web; bill black ; feet olive. 
Total length, 1 3! inches; wing, 51; tail, 8 ; tarsi, f. 
In the letter-press accompanying the preceding species {Trog. enjthrocephalus') I have stated the range of that 
bird to extend from Rangoon to the rich valley of Nepaul, believing as I then did that the bird here figured 
was identical with that species. At the time that account was published I had only seen a single specimen of 
the bird inhabiting the latter country : the lapse of two years has afforded me opportunities of inspecting other 
specimens from this highly interesting and little explored region, an examination of which has convinced me 
that the Nepaulese bird is specifically distinct. I have also gained some further information respecting the 
range of T. enjthrocephalus, which I can now positively state to extend to the Islands of the Indian Ocean as 
well as Rangoon, specimens having been forwarded to me by M. Temminck, who received them direct from 
Sumatra. 
In naming the present species after Mr. Hodgson of Nepaul, I am desirous of paying a slight compliment 
to a gentleman, who, besides diligently fulfilling his high official duties, is labouring with assiduity in the field 
of science, and that too, in a country, the interesting nature of whose productions will crown his labours with 
success; and whose forthcoming work, on the Zoology of those regions, cannot fail to be of the highest 
interest. 
The T. Hodgsonii differs from T. enjthrocephalus in being considerably larger in all its proportions, parti¬ 
cularly in the size and length of the tail, while at the same time it possesses a smaller and more com¬ 
pressed bill; the colouring also in all the specimens I have seen is less vivid, particularly in the blood red, 
which is much duller on the head and chest; in several specimens the scarlet had entirely given way to 
a dull grey colouring, which would appear to have been the consequence of the bird having just performed 
the task of incubation. 
I subjoin the measurements of the two species in order that their differences may be more clearly per¬ 
ceptible. 
Trogon Hodgsonii. . . Total length 13! inches ; wing, 5! ; tail, 8 ; tarsi, f. 
Trogon enjthrocephalus. Total length 11! inches ; wing, 5 ; tail, Gy ; tarsi, f. 
The female so closely resembles the female of T. enjthrocephalus, that a description is unnecessary. 
Habitat. Nepaul. 
