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T ROGON- A U R A N T I IT É , ¡Ifrd n j
Orange-breasted Trogon.
TROGON A U R A N T IU S , Spix.
Orange-breasted Trogon.
Mas. Trog. vertice, pector®
uropigio m tense vtnddk
undaitm strùtti* ; primas
que splendidi aurantmcu
duahus proximis mgresce
%o violaceo-cwruleis nitore viridi, gutture nigrescente ; dorso et
ly»c ccendescmti ; alis nigris, in medio Uneis delicatis ciñereis
$ albo extÌLS marginatis laten bus ciñereis ; abdotnine medio crisso-
rcctricibus camice duabus intermediis intensé viridibtts ; utrisque
(i-fuscis extùs viridi lavatis, his ai que ittìs ad apicem albis ; ree tri-
cibus tribus externis nigrescentijuscis per dimidium basale, dimidio apicali albo; rostro
lividi corneo ; pedibus plumbeis.
Foem. Capite, corpore suprà, gutture, pectore, lateribusque nigrescenti-cinereis ; caudà nigrescenti-
cinereà, rectricibm intermediis ad apicem nigerrimis, tribus extemis albo extus marginatis,
apici busque albis mediò, albo striatà; abtlomtne ■¿mdPt (m>mque aurantiacis ; rostro
obscurè corneo , W apvt&e* gedfàdìore ; pedibus plumbets.
Male CtwM of the ¡M&xi mid ©beat vit&si jaw*«* wfieetKM», passing into brownish
black on the th ro a t; back and ramp rich dark green inclining to blue on the latter; wings
biadi with the centre very finely striated with greyish white, and the primaries margined
on the miter edges with white ; flanks grey ; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts
rich orumm yellow: two centre tail-feathers rich green; the two next on each side blackish
brown tinged with green on their outer webs, and all six tipped with black; the three
lateral feathers on each side blackish brown at the base, and pure white for the remainder
of their length; bill blueish horn-colour; feet lead colour.
Female. Head, all the upper surface, throat, chest, flanks and tail dark blackish grey, the
middle feathers of the latter tipped with je t black, and the three lateral ones on each side
margined on their external webs, and tipped with white; centre of the wing striated with
white; centre of the abdomen and u n d e r tail-coverts orange yellow ; bill dark horn colour,
online lighter at the poi
, fi ; tarsi,
11 h a v e but little hesitation in referring the present beautiful species to the Trogon. aurantius of Spix, and
tlL opinion coincides with that of my friend Mr. John Natterer, who when in London examined my specimens
and informed roe that it was not uncommon in the woods near Rio dc Janeiro : I have myself received
it from various parts of the Brazils, which country would appear to constitute its natural habitat. Much
difference exist» is tl»e colour of the upper surface of different specimens, particularly in the head and throat;
i'r having those parts of a rich violet purple, while others have the same parts of a rich metallic green;
n \ rnd no difference in their relative admeasurements, I am led to regard them as merely varieties of the
i-.-- The phs'iM of tiro young male resembles that of the female, but the central fciil-feathers are
I times gfe»wed with grmn on the upper surface: they are however apt to puzzle tiro ornithologist unless
hejlw made iawself with the peculiar change* of the tribe, from the circumstance of the feathers
frequently m^urgoing a change before those of the wings and tail. I have a specime n in my col-
which an almost perfect change has taken place in the plumage of the body, its fiat being nearly
hat of the adult; this specimen is t;lo> rendered more remarkable by the centre of the wing having
ie fine and minute markings of maturity, while the tail resembles that of the female, in which the
occupies the outer webs and extreme tips of three lateral feathers.
Hwusils.
« represents a male and female of the natural size.