. Bird notes . be an inevitable one When at rest their bodies were always turned towards us, iridescent green in the male bird and uniform• grey in its mate. When they left their perch, they fell forward, making a short dropdownward, shewing all the beauty of yellow, white and green. As suddenly they then flashed upwards again and none but dull hues were visible. Iii • Beautiful Birds in Far-off Lands, by Mary andElizabeth Carey, the following species are figured and described: Beautiful Trogon : Upper surface shining grass green, washedwith metallic blue on the nape and centre of back ; wings
. Bird notes . be an inevitable one When at rest their bodies were always turned towards us, iridescent green in the male bird and uniform• grey in its mate. When they left their perch, they fell forward, making a short dropdownward, shewing all the beauty of yellow, white and green. As suddenly they then flashed upwards again and none but dull hues were visible. Iii • Beautiful Birds in Far-off Lands, by Mary andElizabeth Carey, the following species are figured and described: Beautiful Trogon : Upper surface shining grass green, washedwith metallic blue on the nape and centre of back ; wings blackish audruddy brown ; throat grass green ; remainder of under surface rich scarlet;beak vellow ; legs and feet plumbeous; upper tail coverts very long andand pointed. Mexican Trogon: This glorious bird is principally the richest ofshining grass green ; the under surface from the breast downwards is richscarlet, a longitudinal crest runs from the base of the upper mandible over H I R l> NO T !• CUBAN TKOGON, PrioHotelus temnurus. Drawn from life. We nre indebted to ike kindness of our esteemed member,Mr. /•. /•inn, foi the loan of the block and permission to reproduce it. Si 5: w -». n t >
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