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TROGON C A L IG A T Ü S, Gould.
Booted Trognon.
Trog. Ccipite, collo, pectoreque intense violaceis ; dorso, uropygio tectricibusque caudoe interné et
metallicè viridibus ; alâ nigrâ, in medio cinereâ, lineisque delicatis nigris undatim notatâ ;
primariis extùs àlbo marginatis ; rectricibus caudoe dnabus intermediis, nec non proximis
duabus ad barbam externam, interné et metallicé viridibus, his ad barbam internam et ad
apicem, ïllarumque apicibus nigris ; ad has utrinqué proximâ nigrâ extùs albo notatâ ; re-
liquis alternatim albo nigroquefasciatis, ad apicem largé albis ; lateribus cinereis ; abdomine
medio, crissoque aurantiacis ; plumis femorum tarsorvmque nigris, jimbriâ albâ anticé ad basin
digitorum ; rostro coerulescenti-corneo ; pedibus olivaceis.
Head, ueck, 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, thé
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 grey ; 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, 8i inches; bill, 1 ; wing, 4 i; tail, 5 ; tarsi, i.
Trogon caligatus, Gould in Proc.of Zool. Soc. P art VI. 1838.
I r e g r e t exceedingly that it is not in my power to 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 :
I was unable to obtain any information respecting its true habitat; but that portion of South America
which extends, from the Spanish Main to the River Amazon will in all probability ultimately prove to be its
native locality.
It is one of the least of the genus, and is rendered remarkable by the circumstance of the tarsi being thickly
clothed down to the toes ; the black bars on the outer tail-feathers are also broad, and well-defined ; and,
contrary to what obtains in every other species, these bars are not confined to the three lateral feathers, but
the outer web of the fourth partakes of the same character, although to a less extent.