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Rosy-iíeasted Trogôn.
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TROGON ARDENS, Temm.
R o s y - b r e a s te d T r o g ’on.
Mas Trog. verdee, nuchá. plnmisque auricularibus intense sanguineo-rubris; dorso, tectricibusque
candil: ¿tuperioribus rir/b-vastaneu; ala in medio nigrd lineis delicaiist albis, transversim ornato,;
primar i is nigrix, extiis albo marginatis; rectricibus caudas duabus intermediis rufo-
castaneis, ad apioem nigris; atrinque proximis duabus omnino nigris; reliquis, ad apicem
lareé albis ad fe • • nigrescenti-fuscis; pectore rosaceo; abdomine coccíneo ; rostro auran-
tiaco, ad basin cm^deo; ped¡iMsJhwesccHtt-juscis.
Fcem. Vértice, seifisq'tc intense fase is , gidá nigrescen t infusca ¡ dorso tectricibusque caudas supe-
rioribus obscure rubricate tu store et abdomine palliafe ochraceo-fuscis, crisso ixttiüs flavescente
; ala in medio nigrestenti-fusca, lineis ochraceo-fuscis, transversim notatis; cauda sicut
in mare.
Male. Crown oí the head, back of the neck and ear-coverts dark blood re d ; throat black;
back and upper tail-covert» reddish chestnut; centre of the wing black crossed with fine
lines of white ; primaries black, externally margined with white; two centre tail-feathers
reddish chestnut tipped with black; the two. next on each side wholly black; the three
outer on each side largely tipped with white, which gradually passes into blackish brown
at the base; chest delicate rosy red ; the remainder of the under surface scarlet; bill orange
yellow, passing into blue at the base; feet yellowish brown.
Female. Crown of the head and cheeks dark brown ; throat blackish brown; back and upper
tail-coverts duil reddish; hreost ami all the under surface light sandy brown, becoming
more yellow on the under Uttl-eoverts; centre of the wing blackish brown, crossed with
l«jse$ of sandy brown: tail as in the male.
Toi.ii length, I t inches; bill, I t ; wing, ; tail, 8 ; tarsi, ■£.
Trogon ardens, Temm., *1. Coy 404.
T h i s fine bird received the specific appellation of ardens from M. Temminck, whose description and figure,
published in the “ Planches Coloriées,” was taken from à specimen of the female in the possession of M. Le
Baron L au g ie r d e Chartreuse, at Paris. His specimen was at that time unique, and was received from Min-
«ianao. W h e n the B a ro n ’s fine collection was sold this bird, together with many others, was purchased
by th e B ritish Museum, of whose splendid collection it now forms a part.
¡8 to the unremitting and spirited researches of Mr. Hugh Cnusiag that I am indebted for the knowledge
o£ ;.K- ;«?->!? of this fine species, of which an example accompanied by a female has been recently transmitted
to the M'tsetMS vC ike Zoological Society, together with mwft <s*her rarities, which were collected at
in th e Manillas.
In p o in t o f hfiuHty st >» closely related to the other red-headed species, such as 7h.tg. erythroccphalus,
T . Hodg&omi, T . /hw rtft, ¿fee. : b u t may be dbûigtifefced f i w «11 others by the beautiful band of delicate
rose-colour which crosses thft bws**t