TO O (MOT CALIG-ATTUiS. ? YÇoitM).
Booted Troéon.
TROGON CALIGATt i \S, Gould.
Booted Trogon.
Trog. Capite, collo, pectoreque intense violacele ; dorso, uropigio tectricibusque caudcc intense et
metallici viridibus ; olà nigrà, in medio cinerea, lineisque delicatis Mgris undatim notata ;
primants extùs
duabns ad barbe
apicem, illarwnq,
/itivis alta notine
icibus cmtdee duabus interinmtm, nec non proximis
: metallici viridibus, his ad baké&m internam et ad
hm vtrwavè pm&étnà nitori], extm albo notata ; re-
urem ; abdomine
itgru, fimbria aifrù antieè ad basin
digttorwn ; rostro ceervi* * < <>rnet>; peatbm oirjoeets.
Head, neck, and chest deep violet: back, rump, and upper tail-coverts deep metallic green;
centre of the wing grey, marked transversely with Very minute, irregular, and wavy lines
of black; remainder of the wing black, with the primaries edged externally with white ;
two centre tail-feathers and the outer web of the next on each side deep glossy green, the
inner webs of the two latter, and the tips of all six black; the next on each side black,
with a row of white spots on the outer margin; the three lateral feathers on each side alternately
barred with black and white, and largely tipped with white; flanks g re y ; centre
of the abdomen and under tail-coverts orange yellow; feathers of the thighs and tarsi black
terminating in a fringe of white immediately above the toes; bill bluish horn colour;
feet olive.
Total length. 81 inches; hill, \ ; wins, ; tmi, 5 ; tarsi, i.
Trogon caligutm, Gould in F roc. of Zool. Soc. Part VÏ. !
I r e g r e t exceedingly that it is n o t in uiy power t o lay before my readers any account relative to the' history
of the elegant little Trogon figured in the accompanying Plate. My own specimen, which is a male, is the
only one I have seen ; I procured it during a recent visit to Paris, from a collection of South American birds :
1 was unable to obtain any information respecting its true habitat ; but that portion of South America
which extends,, from th e Spanish Main to the River Amazon will in all probability ultimately prove to be its
native locality.
I t is tiwe of the least of the genus, and is rendered remarkable by the circumstance of the tarsi being thickly
clothed down to the toes ; the Mack bar» on the outer tail-feathers are also broad, and well-defined ; and,
co n tra ry to what obtains in every otfcer species, these bars are not confined to the three lateral leathers, but
th e o u te r web of the fourth partake» of the «as»« character, although to a less extent.
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