Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 3 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

Pl. 107.

TROGON Mexicanus. f.
Mexican Trogon. fem.

TROGON Mexicanus,

Mexican Trogon. female.

Tribe Fissirostris. Family Trogonidæ. See North Zool. 2, p. 326.

Generic Characters.

Body thick. Bill very short, strong, thick, nearly triangular, but the sides compressed, surrounded by long, stiff, bristly feathers, the culmen arched from the base. Wings very convex, the quills graduated; tail very broad, feet short, weak, gressorial.

Sub-Genera.