RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Gould, Monograph of Trogonidæ. CUL-DAR84.2.114. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN2
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 173.
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Goulds Monograph of Trogonidæ
Count how many species, there are, both sexes of which are figure & described - & count how many in which the sexes "differ much" - I have said beak of ♂ T. atricollis & mexicanus is "of a beautiful glossy green & that of ♀ brownish" - in Harpactes faciatus (Jerdon Vol I p 201) I had better omit about faciatus I had said the lower surface of ♀ "is rich crimson & that of ♀ "ochreous-yellow"
T. caligatus ♀ not figured
p. 135 M. S.
References:
Gould, John. 1835-1838. A monograph of the Trogonidae, or family of Trogons. 1 vol. (3 parts). London: the author.
Jerdon, Thomas Claverhill. 1862-1864. The birds of India; being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India, with descriptions of the species, genera, families, tribes, and orders, and a brief notice of such families as are not found in India, making it a manual of ornithology specially adapted for India. 2 vols. in 3. Calcutta: the author. [A copy ordered, CCD16] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 2 PDF
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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