810 Mr. T. C. Eyton's Notes on Birds. 



7. Strophosomus limbatus, Fab., Payk., GylL, Steph. Manual. 

 Cure. Sus (var. y.), Kirb. MSS., Steph. lUustr. 



Distinguisbed at first sight from the preceding by having the 

 thorax exactly truncated at the base ; the sides of the thorax and 

 elytra more thickly clothed with subelliptical shining silvery- 

 white scales^ and by being without erect hairs ; the upper surface 

 is frequently glabrous. 



I have many times taken this insect in the north and south of 

 England^ invariably on the common heath [Calluna vulgaris), in 

 June and October. 



ILlj,-— Notes on Birds. By T. C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S. 

 No. VL 



[With a Plate.] 



[Continued from p. 29.] 



Trogon melanocephalus, Gould (male). 



Length of intestine from gizzard to caeca seven inches. Length of 

 caeca one inch two -tenths. Length of rectum two inches four- 

 tenths. CEsophagus large at its upper extremity, contracted in the 

 middle, but at its lower extremity expanded into a proventriculus, 

 measuring nearly one inch in length and four-tenths in diameter 

 when inflated ; stomach round and slightly flattened. Epithelium 

 longitudinally rugose, not hardened, extending slightly into the pro- 

 ventriculus. Intestine of large diameter for the size of the bird ; 

 rectum only slightly larger than the lower end of the small intestine. 

 Cseca small at their junction with the rectum, and at about half their 

 length expanding into a sac. Cloaca small, the membranes thick- 

 ened. Trachea simple, acted upon by one pair of sterno-tracheal 

 muscles only. Bronchiae of large diameter in proportion to that of 

 the trachea. Tongue arrow-shaped, four-tenths of an inch long, 

 armed with a strong spine on each side at the base, and with nume- 

 rous smaller ones scattered round the epiglottis. The stomach and 

 oesophagus were filled with hard seeds about the size of a pea mixed 

 with a pulpy matter. 



The sternum is very broad in proportion to its length ; it is nar- 

 rowest at the junction of the ribs, where it measures half an inch in 

 breadth. The anterior margin is narrower than the posterior ; at the 

 former it measures seven-tenths of an inch in breadth, at the latter 

 one inch. The total length of the sternum including the manubrial 

 process is one inch . The posterior margin is indented on both sides 

 with two deep and wide fissures, the exterior ones largest. The 

 keel is four-tenths of an inch in depth, much arched on its inferior 

 margin, and with its anterior one much scolloped ; it extends quite 

 to the hinder edge of the sternum. The manubrial process is long 

 and strong, somewhat deflexed and triangular. 



