ORNITHOLOGY. 2^0 



TROGONS. 



Some of the trogons are most magnificent birds. The 

 Trogon resplendent is said to have plumes three feet in 

 length, intensely brilliant, of metallic golden green, which 

 were used by the ancient Mexicans as ornaments to their 

 head-dresses. A green-headed trogon is found in these 

 Provinces, and a red-headed species in Arracan. 

 Harpactcs oreskios, (head green.) 



11 erythrocephalus ( " red.) 



cqg^n {Arracan.) 



NIGHTJAR. 



A nightjar, or goat-sucker, is one of our most common 

 nocturnal visitors, and its loud sounding note may be often 

 heard serenading the sleepless traveller in the stillness o f 

 midnight. Its monotone is so much like coke, the Karen 

 word for chop, that whenever noticed by the Karens they 

 say, " the nightjar is chopping down his trees." The 

 American whip-poor-will is a bird of the same genus. 

 Besides the common Tenasserim species, a second inhab- 

 its Arracan. 



Cap r i»i u Ig u s mar r u r u : 



•' monticolus {Arracan.) 



gQgoSi) (go5g£g« Arracan.) 



LYNCORNIS. 



Mr. Blyth mentions another bird in the Provinces of 

 the nightjar tribe, which he calls a very beautiful bird. 

 Lyncornis cerviniceps, Gould 



SWALLOW. 



A swallow resembling the common English species a- 

 bounds over all parts of the Coast. 

 Hirundo. 



Capt. Phayre met with two other species in Arracan. 

 Hirundo rustica. 



Hirundo daurica. 

 gfego, 



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