(PURPLE-BREASTED TROGON.)
+Trogon variegatus+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 104; _White, P. Z.
S._ 1882, p. 618 (Salta); _Gould, Mon. Trog._ ed. 2, pl. xix.
_Description._--Above shining bronzy green; head purplish; wings
blackish; coverts grey, finely vermiculated with black; tail--two
middle feathers like the back, but tipped with black, next two pairs
black, edged with green; three outer pairs white with broad black
bars and white tips: beneath, breast dark purple, separated from the
rosy-red abdomen by a narrow white band: whole length 9·0 inches,
wing 5·0, tail 5·0. _Female_: above dark grey; wing-coverts and
secondaries with transverse bars of black and white; tail, blackish,
two middle feathers grey tipped with black, three outer pairs
broadly edged externally and tipped with white: beneath, breast dark
grey, separated from the rosy-red abdomen by a white band.
_Hab._ Brazil and N. Argentina.
White obtained examples of this Trogon at Campo Colorado, near Oran,
where it frequents the topmost branches of the loftiest forest-trees,
and is very difficult to discover. It is said to have a peculiar
mournful cry.