A female from Camiguin, north of Luzon, measures: Wing, 136; tail, 52; depth of fork, 8; bill from frontal feathers, 7.
The only known Philippine specimen was shot from a flock of Micropus pacificus on Camiguin Island, north of Luzon.
Order TROGONES.
TROGONS.
First and second toes reversed; the other two toes united for two-thirds of their length.
Family TROGONIDÆ.
Bill short, strong, and wide; culmen curved; a notch at tip of upper mandible; nostrils covered by well-developed bristles; face partly naked; wings short and curved to the body; first primary about one-half of fifth which is longest; tail long and broad, square at the end; two outer pairs of rectrices short; legs short, tarsus partly feathered; plumage full and soft; skin very thin and tender.
Genus PYROTROGON Bonaparte, 1854.
Characters same as those given for the Family.