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 TROGON TROLLOPE 877 to the same race as the troglodytic population of Ptolemy and other Greek geographers. In the early history of the Christian church the name was also applied to certain heretics, who, rejected by all parties, held their meetings in caves. in natural history, Linnseus placed the chimpanzee under the genus homo with the specific name of troglodytes, next to homo sa- piens; and this is the troglodytes niger of Geoffrey and the simia troglodytes of Blu- menbach. The term is now applied to a ge- nus which includes the chimpanzee and the gorilla, and also to a genus of the troglodytince or wren family of birds. TROGON, and Conroncou, names given to the scansorial birds of the family trogonidce, the Red-bellied Trogon (Tro- gon curucui). second name being derived from their peculiar melancholy cry. The bill is short, strong, curved, broad- er than high, triangu- lar seen from above, with the margins anc tip usually serrated, the base provided with tufts of bristles and the gape wide wings moderate anc rounded; tarsi shor and 'weak, more 01 less feathered; toe of unequal length and arranged in two pairs, the inner be ing turned backward There are about 40 species in the tropi cal regions of both hemispheres, but es pecially numerous in South America ; they frequent thick an( damp forests, feeding on insects, fruits, and berries; they are mps active in morning and evening. A few liv< i the islands of the Indian archipelago, and ne genus in Africa. The American may be istinguished from the old world species by heir barred tail. Though the neck and feet eem too short for the bulky body, the plu- mage is usually beautiful, often with metal- ic brilliancy. The eggs, two to four, are laid n the holes of rotten trees, and several 'roods are raised in a year. The species vary n size from a thrush to a magpie; it is rare o obtain good specimens, as they frequent he highest trees of the thickest forests, and when shot lose many of the soft and delicate leathers by the fall to the ground ; the skin is ery tender, and renders the operation of skin- ning so difficult that the natives dry the body with the feathers on. In the genus trogon McBhr.) the first quill is short and the fourth the longest. The red-bellied trogon ( T. curu- cui, Linn.) is about a foot long, green above, red below, with the throat black, and the cov- erts and tail striped with the same; it is a native of Mexico. The peacock or splendid trogon (calurus resplendent, Swains ; T. pavo- ninus, Temm.) has the edges of the bill smooth, the wing coverts long and curved, and the up- per tail coverts greatly prolonged, entirely concealing the tail ; it is larger than the last named, and the middle tail coverts are 3 to 3 ft. in length ; it is of a beautiful bronzed and golden green above and on the throat, and scarlet below ; it is found in Mexico and Cen- tral America. The feathers of this and the pre- ceding species are much prized for ornaments. See the " Monograph of the Trogonidee," by John Gould (fol., London, 1838). TROLLOPE, Edward, an English author, born April 15, 1817. He graduated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1839, and became rector of Leash- ingham, Lincolnshire, in 1843, prebend of Lin- coln in 1861, and archdeacon of Stow m 18G7. He has published several archaeological and ar- chitectural works, the principal of which are : " Illustrations of Ancient Art " (1863) ; " Laby- rinths, Ancient and Mediaeval," and "Manual of Sepulchral Memorials" (1858); ''Monastic Gate Houses" (I860); "Life of Here ward (1861) " Norman Sculptures of Lincoln Ca- thedral" (1866) ; and The Norman and Early English Styles of Gothic Architecture " (1869). TROLLOPE. I. Frances (MILTON), an English novelist, born at Heckfield, Hampshire, about 1780, died in Florence, Italy, Oct. 6, 1863. She was the daughter of the Rev. William Mil- ton and in 1809 married Anthony Trollop* barrister at law. In 1829 she visited the United States, where she remained three years, r< siding chiefly in Cincinnati; and on her urn g she published "Domestic Banners of the Americans" (2 vols. 8vo, London, 1 which the indelicate and ridiculous phases of American character and habits were depicted She afterward produced so large a number ol novels and accounts of travels as to render her the most voluminous English authoress of the imes Her first work on America was fol-