■mOGOJBT COJLlLAJBIS'*('Wflll:)
Collared Tro ¿on.
jYias. irog. supra Qureo-vtrtnts; rectrtcthm intermedns seso aitreo-vtridibus nigro <ipiculahs, po-
gontts interms (tttii intermediarutn ductrum) mgrts, ceeteris nigro albogue fasciatis; remigi-
bus nigris pogoniis extern is a/bis, secundariis alceque medico plumis transverse Jlexuosim nigro
albogue Unaatis; auribus gulaque nigris ; gutture aureo-viridi ; pectore torque Innata alba
cincto ; ventre caudceque tectricibus inferioribus coccineis.
Irides saturate hrunneee ; rostrum flavo-aurantiacum ; pedes saturate, cinerei.
Feem. brunnea est ubi mas aureo-viridis; rectricibus tribus, extimis utrinque nigro lineolatis
punctatisque albogue apiculatis.
Rostrum brunnescenti-aurantiacum.
Male. Crown of the head and whole of the upper surface rich golden green ; throat and car-
coverts black; two middle tail-feathers golden green; the two next on each side golden
greén on their outer edge, the inner webs being black, and the whole six tipped with
black; the three outer feathers on each side strongly barred with black and white; primaries
black with their outer edges white; secondaries and middle of the wing transversely
rayed with zigzag markings of white and black; a semilunar collar of white sepárates the
golden green o f the chest, from the abdomen, which, with the under tail-coverts, is scarlet;
bill rich yellowish orange; irides dark brown; feet dark grey.
Female. Head, chest, and upper surface brown; two middle tail-feathers rich chestnut brown,
the two next -on each* side chestnut brown on their outer webs and black on, the in n e r;
the three lateral feathers on each side freckled with black and tipped with white ; a band
of white separates the brown of the chest from the abdomen, which is scarlet as in the
male ; bill brownish orange.
Total length, 9 i inches ; bill, i ; xving, - if ; tail, 5±; tarsi, I.
Trogon. collar is. Vieill. ITncydbpwi i< • Méífck«ln«*e, vt»L .1 p. 1302.
...........•.... Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. vol. 1 . p. 50.
The rich golden green of its. plumage, together with the brilliant sc a rle t o f the b re a s t, th e s tro n g a n d decided
markings of the tail, and the perfect pectoral band o f white,, a re th e principal fe ature s by which th is elegant
species may be distinguished from its congeners; for although th e Trogon elegans possesses almost th e same
style- of markings, the transverse bars of black that vary its much more elongated tail a r e considerably finer
and more numerous. -
The Trogon collarh is found in Brazil and Cayenne, from any localities to th e n o rth o f which Countries I
have never seen specimens. Although different members of these birds ra re ly associate, y e t M N a rte re r informs
me that he once observed this species in company with the IVogon variegatus, on die hanks o f th e
Rio Negro; and he considers that in all prob&büitv they were effecting a partial raigraíñ?«!. from one p a rt
of the country to another: the stomachs of several «/ ibis »¡¡«‘•‘»es which be examim-d contained th e r e mains
of fruits andc caterpillars.
The plumage of the sexes differs considerably ; those parts which in the male are rich golden g re en , being
of a deep brown in the female: the tail of the latías- is also extremely different, being entirely de s titu te o f th e
vtrong bars of black and white which characterize that of the male.