TROGOJST A T E IC O L L I i ; ^ « /
Black-throated Trogon.
TROGON ATRICGL L I S , v m .
Black-throated Trog*on.
S p e c i f i c C h a r a c t e r .
Mas.. Trog, vertice, dorso, pectoreque viridibus ; alls in medio nigris cinereo maculatis ; remi-
gibus nigris pogoniis extemis albo fimbriatis ; auribns gxitturequc nigris, hoc posticè albo
obsolete cincto ; pectore ventreque aurantiaco ; rectricibus duabus intermedia mhcupreo-
viridibus nigro apicidatis, duabus proximis xUrinque nigris pogoniis externis virtdt fimbriatis,
casterxs prope rhachin mgris pogoniis allto mgroque Jasciatis et ad apicem albis.
Fcem. Capite, dorso, gutture, rectricibusque sex intermediis brunneis, his nigro ' apiculatis ;
remigibus cceteris obsoletius Jasciatis ; ventre minus aurantiaco.
Rostrum flavum olivaceo nebulosum.
Male. Beak yellow clouded with olive ; throat and ear-covert* black , chest, top of the head,
and the whole of the upper surface green : the two >1 A) featfe**» of the tail are green with
slight bronzy reflexions, the two next on each side are black, with their extreme outer
edges of the same colour as the two middle ones, the tip* of the whole six being black : the
three outer ones on e»©h mm are w ilfc 'iiftà and white on their outer
edges and slightly m- m é # * ms&wtt**, wbsfe ccstre* black a*.<l their tips
white; centre of the wings hcaftt&uify fVoekicri with grey on a black ground; primaries
black, with their extreme outer edges white ; under surface fine orange, separated from the
black of the throat by an obscure half band of white ; feet brown.
Remale. Head, throat, upper surface, and six middle tail-feathers brown, the latter slightly
tipped with black ; the remaining tail-feathers as in the male, but not so regularly barred ;
the centre of the wings freckled with brown on a black ground; the primaries black
margined on the outer edges with white; under surface orange, but less pure than in the
male.
Total length about 9 or 10 inches; wing, 44; tail, 6.
Male. Yellow-bellied Green Cuckoo. Edw., vol. 7- pi- 8-31. p. 256.
Courucou aranga. LeVaill., Hist. Nat., dés Couroucou*, wl. 7. |<- n
jeune, et pl. 15. le mâle dkMoré
Female. Courucou à queue rw m Butî'., vol. vi. p. *93. Pl. Etal. 736.
Trogon rufus. Lath., Ind. Orn., 1. 209- Gm. Lino. 1. 404.
Rttfom Curucui. Lath., Gen. Hist., 2nd edit.; vol. 3. p. 309 id *9
F ig u r e s of both sexes of this species have graced the pages of many ornithological publications, in almost
every one of which it has been subjected to a different name. The female, from the dullness of her colouring
when compared with her gaily-attired mate, has, in most instances, been characterized as a distinct species;
and had not the illustrations of this bird been tolerably good, it would have been unsafe to have quoted so
many synonyms as are recorded above.
I am induced to believe that the Yellow-bellied Crreu Cuckoo of Edwards is identical with the male, while
the female is represented by Buffbn in his Pianette# htthmincss under the title of Cou'r- «? queue rousse;
it is also the Rufous Curvcui of Dr. Lai ham
In the splendid work of LeVaillant will He fbomJ iigiires of both the sexes under die name of Courucou
aranga, which name has been followed by \ seilktf. who has figured the male in the second edition of his Nouveau
Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, under th*- - : fine name of Trogon atricollis. Although this latter name
has not, perhaps, a strict claim to priority, yet in a case like the present, where the female has been described
as ft distinct bird from the male, and as it appears doubtful whether the latter is identical with the old Trogon
riridts, I hare thought it best to follow Vieillo? in giving to this species the specific title which he has applied
Habit-o, Guiana, Cayenne, and the banks of the Amazon.
The Plate represents both the male and female.