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TROGONS.
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cavity sufficiently large, in which the female deposits her eggs, of a white colour, and two, or as some assert, four in number. Azara has seen the male clinging to a tree after the manner of woodpeckers, occupied in digging a nest with his beak, while the female remained tranquil on a neighbouring tree.

Graceful Trogon
Graceful Trogon

GRACEFUL TROGON.

We select for illustration the Graceful Trogon, (Trogon elegans, Gould,) of which the upper parts and breast are golden-green, and the lower