T R O G -O K M E S I C A N U S j fSwcwns:)
Mexican. Trogon.
ROG o N MEXICANI ÍS, S w a in s.
Mexican Trogon.
(Young male, and female.)
In Mare Juniore rectrices moro »1 boque fasciatas, prcesertim adpogonia externa; alarum maculae
subbruunescentes; reméges externe albo frnbriatce.
Fcem. Verdee, dorso, gut tun-. pectoreque brunneis in olivaceum superne in rufurn inferné vergen-
tibus : torque pectorali obsoleta, cinerea ; ventris parte anticá brunnescenti-cinereá, posticd
crissoque coccmets: «lis nigris brwtneo parré maad&ti*; remigibus externé albo Jimbriatis ;
reetncibn* tutcrmtdns cmtamris ntgm apawbuti*, cbta/jo» praxmñe atrinque nigris,
m fe?mina flav «un bran neo nebibsuts.
in iin- Male, the muidle age may be di*t*ngu«hed fit** tsfe* adult by g«ry freckles on the
wings being rather stronger ami more inclined t& brown on the secondaries; by the
extreme outer edge of the primaries being white; and by the tail being regularly barred
with black and white, which character is most conspicuous on the outer edges.
Female. The top of the head, throat, chest, and back dark brown, inclining to olive on the
upper surface and to rufous on the chest; across the chest an obscure band of light g re y ;
the upper part of the belly brownish grey, the lower part and vent scarlet; wings black,
*Ughtly freckled with brown on the outer edges of the secondaries and shoulders; the
outer edges of the primaries fringed with white; two middle tail-feathers chestnut brown
tipped with black, the two next on each side wholly black; the remainder strongly
fearred with black and white for nearly their whole length ; bill yellow clouded with
rfhitlfh alffim iffrtcit tfcv nrrccfmr Ffesfe- 1 tare stated my reasons for considering that and
, j.,,, fi-Trd the ftSttK' specie». bt the Plate accompanying this description 1 have
iaSMrttaltt ‘V w o t « |mite of a male bird killed in a youthful state; when, as may be readily
k %«d titr'Wfli: accot-JBlhHefe' d:e change in live plumage of the body, while one single feather alone
fo'thi, tuff. ||)ts Bpr t|g|Vr possesses' all the marks of maturity, and may be easily distinguished
hr it* being trnttrrb 're* from the bars of black and white. The specimen from which this
its brcn takv/t » in she »wsfcwoft of John Taylor. Esq., who received it with several others from
mm W**c**w was. f tatieta described by Mr. Nwaiosou in the Philosophical Transactions
($27 , unr* th a t period h* h» igored the young nude aud the female in the S econd Series of his
(nib. ^ and 18kv). Whde travelling on the Continent I collected several specimens
(I and .jvix'mHHtf by means of tie labels attached. that it is identical with the Trogon glocitans of
Lichtenstein 1 believe that the ramc of Mexkomis eke®» priority • and if so, glocitans must of
.. ,,|ace to vt ■ but on tsiw point I cawot gpctxk with certainty.