(AZARA'S TROGON.)
+Trogon surucura+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 104; _White, P. Z. S._
1882, p. 619 (Misiones); _Gould, Mon. Trog._ ed. 2, pl. xxv.
_Description._--Above bronzy green, head purplish; wings black,
coverts and outer secondaries grey, finely vermiculated with black;
tail--two middle feathers like the back, but tipped with black;
others black, but three outer pairs with most of the outer webs and
broad tips white: beneath, breast purple, abdomen red: whole length
11·0 inches, wing 5·3, tail 5·7. _Female_: grey; belly rosy red;
wing-coverts and outer secondaries black, with white bars.
_Hab._ S. Brazil, Paraguay, and N. E. Argentina.
This is the only _Trogon_ included by Azara in his Birds of Paraguay. He
calls it "Surucuá," and states that it is confined to the larger forests
of that country.
White obtained a single example of this species in the forests of
Misiones, near Concepcion, in June 1881.
Fam. XXVI. BUCCONIDÆ, or PUFF-BIRDS.
The Bucconidæ, or Puff-birds, are entirely restricted to the Neotropical
Region, and are most numerous in the great forests of Amazonia and
Colombia, where most of the 43 known species have been met with. These
birds seem to pass their lives sitting upon the topmost or outermost
branches of the larger trees, looking out for insects, which are
captured flying and constitute their only food. Southwards of the great
forest-districts of South America, Puff-birds become very scarce. One
species only is as yet known to occur in Paraguay, and some uncertainty
prevails as to the single member of this family stated to be found near
Tucuman.