TROGON MA C ROURA, Gould.
Larg’e-tailed Trog*on.
Trog. capite, mrpots peckorefat n.roptjgw c<zrulescenti; loro,
pttemts et gu-itw'*' 'Hi.i'f í-$ uHt . if? ¿íw¿' (¿’/fftíít* í'iíi&t'&tS. tmdañm
itriat*- ■ irr>mt* ■ -mié» ■ att&é mñ-gimtiñ ■. pesióte albo fa m a ta ; corpore m&Pks intensé
mrirtrfirff"-: ixmdt* r&tértiwbw dtmbm má^rmedm vtridescenti-jwrpitreo spiendentibus,
néf -mn utrim&* ■ ¿mi- díUibm ed margm&in externum; reliquis guttulis ciñereis adg&,
pr*t*; rostm.féi&'c ; pedtbus plumbeis.
IÍé'íííIj all the upper -surface and chest rich golden green, tinged with blue on the rum p ; lores,-
ear-coverts and throat black, gradually passing into the golden green ; wings black, with
the centre finely striated with irregular wavy lines of greyish white; and the primaries'
margined externally with white; across the breast a band of white, beyond which all the
under surface is of a rich fiery scarlet; tail black, the two centre feathers, and the external
webs of the two next on each side glossed with greenish purple, the remainder powdered
with very fine specks of greyish white : hill yellow; feet lead colour.
Total length, 13 inches ; bill, H ; vsing, 6 i ; tail, 8 ; tarsi, f
T*'iisjpw - tif - trf*r- p Part V1« 1038.
The specimen from which the étamsa^ ts taken was procured in Paris; it had a label attached,
on whieb was the word ' and this was all the information I could obtain respecting it.
I have since seen other examples in a collection sent from Carthagena, whence I am led to infer that the
ICaraccas, the Spanish Main, and the southern portions o f Mexico are its true habitat.
In its colour it is so closely allied to the Trogon melamrus, that it might readily be mistaken for that species;
but it is so much larger in all its measurements, that I feel confident it is specifically distinct, and have
¡named it accordingly.