246 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
HARPACTES FASCIATUS (Blanford, Vol. III., p. 199; 
Legge, p. 269). 
The Malabar Trogon. 
Description—Male : Head, neck, and upper breast dull 
black, the breast slightly tinged with slate gray; back, 
scapulars, and the short wing coverts along the forearm 
yellowish-brown ; rump and upper tail coverts slightly paler. 
Wings mainly black; the unexposed bases of the primary 
quills are white, and all primaries, except the first, have 
a well-defined white outer edge; outer webs of secondary 
quills, the whole of the tertiaries, and the wing coverts, except 
those on the forearm, black, daintily barred with fine, close 
set, wavy white lines. The middle tail feathers are chestnut, 
tipped with black, in the next two pairs the black increases on 
the inner web, while the three outer pairs have black bases and 
long white tips. A white band across the chest divides the 
dark upper breast trom the pale crimson of the rest of the lower 
plumage. 
Females: Head and neck olive-brown; upper breast 
lighter brown ; chin blackish ; the bars on the wing coverts 
and inner wing are light brown instead of white, while the 
second and third pair of tail feathers have more chestnut. 
There is no white chest band, and the under parts from the 
lower chest to the vent are brownish-buff. 
Immature males have a brownish head and neck, the bars 
on the wings are fulvous, the chest feathers are mixed with 
gray, and the breast and abdomen with rusty buff. 
Bill deep blue ; iris dark brown ; legs grayish-blue. 
Length 11; wing 4°7; tail 5°7; tarsus -6; bill from 
gape 1. Females slightly smaller. Indian birds are larger. 
Distribution.—Occurs in high forest all over the Island. It is 
also found on the Malabar Coast and in parts of Central India. 
Habits, &c.—May be found in thick forest. The birds 
generally go about in pairs and spend most of their time 
perched bolt upright on a large branch, flying out now and 
again to catch insects. The breeding season is about May. 
Three very glossy pale buff eggs are laid in a hollow in a rotten 
stump 6 to 12 feet off the grourid. Average size about *94 
by °82. |. 
