406 TROGONID^E. 



Head, nape, throat, neck, breast and lower plumage rich, but dull dark 

 crimson ; back, scapulars, lesser wing coverts, rump and upper tail coverts 

 chestnut brown or ferruginous, brightest on the rump ; greater wing coverts, 

 the median series and tertiaries, finely vermiculated with undulations of black 

 and white ; quills black, the outer margins of the primaries whitish near the 

 base ; secondaries black, vermiculated with white on their outer webs ; two 

 central tail feathers deep chestnut, tipped with black ; next pair chestnut on 

 the outer webs, and black on the inner web and at tip ; outer three black, 

 with a broad white tip and part of the outer web also white. The female has 

 the whole head, neck, breast and upper parts ferruginous brown, lighter on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts ; the lower plumage is light crimson ; lesser 

 wing coverts and tertiaries vermiculated with black and buff. 



Bill smalt blue, blackish on the culmen and at tip of both mandibles ; 

 irides dull red, or chestnut brown ; orbitar skin lavender blue ; legs and feet 

 pale lavender. 



Length. 13 to 13'$ inches ; tail 8 ; wings 5'8 to 6 ; tarsus O-6 ; bill at front 

 O-6 ; at gape r i . 



Hab. Himalayas, from Nepaul eastwards to Sylhet, Assam, Arracan, 

 and Tenasserim, also Sikkim. Gates says it is found abundantly over the 

 whole of Pegu and Arracan in tracts of heavy forest, and is more common on 

 the hills than in the plains. Jerdon says he found it at Darjeeling at eleva- 

 tions of 4,000 feet, frequenting dark shaded valleys and flying from tree to tree. 

 He had the eggs brought to him, said to have been taken from a hole in a 

 tree. They were two in number, white and somewhat round. According to 

 Hodgson, they lay in April, making a hole in a decayed tree. He gives the 

 number of eggs as 3 to 4, pure white, moderately broad ovals, slightly 

 pointed towards one end, and measure about 1-25 by 0-87 inch. Gates 

 however says that the eggs he found near Pegu in May were 3 in number, 

 laid on the bare wood in the hollow of a decayed tree, and were a very pale 

 buff in colour. The colour of the eggs found by Capt. Bingham in Tenas- 

 serim in March is not stated. 



985. Harpactes oreskios (Temm.\ Waid., P. z S. 1866, p. 538; 



Gould, Monog. Trogon. 2nd Edit., pi. 46 ; Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 47 ; Bingham, 

 Sir. F. v. pp. 50, 82 ; Dav., Sir. F. v. p. 454; Hume and Dav., vi. p. 66; 

 Htime t Str. F. viii. p. 85 ; Oales, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 100. Trogon oreskios, 

 Temm., PL Col. 181; Gould, Monog. 1st Edit. pi. 36. Harpactes Gouldii, 

 Swains., Classif. B. ii. p. 337. Orescius Gouldii, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 31. 

 Harpactes orescuis, Blyth, B. Burm. p. 82 ; Oa/es, Sir. F. x. p. i86.-The 

 YELLOW-BREASTED TROGON. 



Forehead, crown, nape, sides of the head and of the neck yellowish green ; 

 chin, throat and upper breast dull yellow ; lower breast, abdomen and sides 

 brilliant orange yellow ; vent and under tail-coverts yellow ; back, scapulars, 



