trogonidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. trogon; Latin fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide.] Ornith.: A family of Picarian Birds, with seven genera and forty-four species. They are tolerably abundant in the Neo tropical and Oriental regions; and are represented in Africa by a single genus. Bill short, strong, with a wide gape; tail generally long, in some species very long; feet small and often feathered almost to the toes, placed in front and two of which are IMG:content-1481.png:[graphic] ain, Colorado, was exhibited. In it were reproduced 1893, an interesting replica of Battle Rock Mount family of insect i vor- exact imitations of the lately discovered caves in ous forest-haunting whose dense, puffy plumage exhibits the that mountain, in which dwelt a race of prehistoric. birds, of small size, men. Their implements of war and of peace, their ornaments and one mummy discovered on the orig. inal site, added surpa ing interest to the exhibit. "Some authors maintain that this custom [cannibal- ism], and that of human sacrifice, were widely spread among the troglodytes of the Stone Age."--N. Joly : Man before Metals, p. 355. IMG:content-1482.jpg:[blocks in formation] "The invertebrate animals did not attract the attention of the troglodyte artists." -N. Joly: Man before Met als , p. 301. trō-glod-ý-tēs, s. [TROGLODYTE.] 1. Ornith.: Wren (q.v.); a genus of Troglodytidæ or Troglodytinæ, from the Neo tropical Nearctic, and Pale arctic regions. Bill moderate, compre ed, slightly curved, without notch, pointed; nostrils basal, oval, partly covered by a membrane; wings very short, concave, rounded; tail generally short; feet strong, middle toe united at base to outer, but not to middle toe; tarsus rather long; claws long, stout, and curved. 2. Zool .: A genus of Simiine (q. v.). Head not produced vertically; arms not reaching more than half down the shin; ribs thirteen pairs; os inter medium absent from the carpus; no ischiatic callosities; hair black, dun, or gray. The genus is confined to the West African sub-region, ranging from the coast about 12° north and south of the equator, from the Gambia to Benguela, and as far inland as the great equatorial forests extend. The number of species is not accurately determined; three, however, are well known, and have been carefully described: Troglodytes gorilla , the Gorilla; T. niger , the Common, and T. calvus , the Bald Chimpanzee. There are probably other species, since Living stone met with what he supposed to be a new species in the forest region west of the Nile [Soko], and another has been described by Gratiolet and Alix. [KOOLAKAMBA.]