TJROGOISr N E OXEIfUw^ * i&oiddJ.
Welcome Trogon.
TROGON NEOXENUS , «
Welcome Trogon.
(Yomig Male.)
Mas. jnn. Trog. capfte, mllo, peetore femes tbuoym ; phmis dorsi, uropygiique,
tectricibus aim, m pcrioribwqw caudm. etd hmin Jm c u ; ad apicem metadict vmdibm ; alls
'jfuscis, primaries *»d basin e x t bn (db*> margmatie ; eaudd metallice ceeruled, rectricibus
utrmgue trifaw mi qpiggm < abdomme crissoque splendid& coccineis; rostro
plum heo; pedihm fates*
Head, neck, breath avti -¿ugh* greyish brown ; all the feathers of the back, rump, upper tail-
and wing-cowtt# brown at the base, and deep shining metallic green at the extremity;
wings brown, the primaries margined on the base of the exterior web with greyish white;
tail deep metallic blue, the three lateral feathers* on each side largely tipped with white ;
abdomen and under tail-coverts rich scarlet; bill lead colour; feet brown.
Total length, 13-f inches; bill, 1 ; wing, 7$; tail, 8 ; tarsi, f. '
Trogon nemvenm, Goukl in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part VI., 1838.
I h a v e seldom been mm* % *&? #0 $ 0 'pg$ ffmeut* of ibis beautifid famib than I «as bn the
receipt of the bird figured «*••• - c . - ; ; ; : ? ; , which exbihits ch&ractri-jt of the highest interest,
although the specimen (the <*.;* I |u»ve see«) is evidently in a si»re of iiumaiarity. Judging from analogy,
I should conceive that it is the y«#Hg male o f an aberrant species of that splendid minor group, to which
the sub-generic name of Ctdunts hn* been applied; and that the adult, which is at present unknown, will
whenever it is discovered, prove to he a bird of very great beauty. The individual represented was received
from Mexico by John Taylor, Esq., by whom it was presented to the Zoological Society of London.
The difficulty of assigning a specific name to any species of which the young only has been seen, has
induced me to propose that of ntr&mmw (welcome stranger) for the present bird, adult examples of which
will be sought for with the highest i»t*rest by every ornithologist.