z. c? ad- sk. 

 «'-c'. d 2acl.sk. 



d', e'. c? imm. et 



2 ad. sk. 

 /'-/'. d $ ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 k'-m'. d ad. sk. 

 'i'-i-*'- c? $ ad. et 



c? imm. sk. 



7. HARPACTES. 



Eridge, Travancore, Dec. 



Myuall, S. Travancore, 

 Nov., Dec. [Bourdillon). 

 Ceylon. 



Ceylon, Jan., April {Chap- 

 man). 

 Ceylon, March (Nevi/l). 

 Cevlon. 



487 



F. W. Bourdillon 



Esq. [C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



Purchased. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



4, Harpactes ardens. 



Trogon ardens, Temm. PL Col. no. 404 (182G) ; Gould, Mon. Troy. 



ed. i. pi. .35 [text] (18.35). 

 Harpactes ardens, G/'ny, Qen. B. i. p. 71 (1845) ; Gray, List Fissir. 



Brit. Mu.9. p. 44 (1848) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 151 (1850); 



Cassin, U.S. JExpl.Uxp., Mamm. ^- Orn. p. 229 (1858) : Gotild, B. 



Asia, pi. 76 [text] (1862) ; Gotdd, Mo7i. Troy. ed. ii. pi. 39 [text] 



(1869); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 84 (1869) ; W(dd. Tr. Z. S. ix. 



p. 149 (1875) ; Ttoeed. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 540, 1878, pp. 107, 943; 



Steere, List Birds ^- Mamm. Philippines, p. 9 (1890). 

 Pyrotrogon ardens, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zyy. p. 14 (1854) ; Cab. 8^ 



'Heine, Mas. Hein. Th. iv. p. 159 (1863)'. 

 Harpactes rhodiosteruus, Peak, U.S. E.ipl. Exp. viii. p. 166, pi. 41 



(1848) ; Hartl. Wieym. Arch, xviii. p. 112 (1852). 



Adult male. Lores and forehead black, shading gradually into 

 deep crimson on the top of the head, occiput, and nape ; feathered 

 part of cheek, ear-coverts, chin, and throat black, shading into 

 pinkish on the chest ; upper breast dull crimson-scarlet, shading 

 into scarlet on the rest of the uuderparts ; back, rest of upper parts, 

 wings, and tail as in H. hisumha, but the back is brown and the 

 white terminal parts of the three outer pairs of tail-feathers dove- 

 tail obliquely with the black : bill yeUow, green (black) at the 

 base. Total length 12 inches, wing 5-3, tail 6-8, tarsus 0-5. 



The young male resembles the adult female, but the middle of the 

 breast, belly, and under tail-coverts are suffused with pink ; the wing- 

 coverts are narrowly barred like those of the ma'e, but the bars are 

 buff and the tail-feathers are as usual more pointed, and the centre 

 pair are without the terminal black bar. In more adult specimens 

 the pink chest and scarlet of the breast an-l lUiderpaits are more or 

 less apparent. 



Adult female. Resembles the adult female of H. lasumba, but 

 the chin and throat are black, the chest is dull rusty buff (much the 

 same colour as the rest of the undcrparts), the bars on the wing- 

 coverts and secondaries are wider, and the rump is chestnut ; bill 

 like that of the male. Total length 12 inches, wing 5-2, tail 6-6, 

 tarsus 0'5. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



