. HARPACTES. 199 



Genus HARPACTES, Swainson, 1837. 



Tail long, with broad feathers, squarely truncated in adults, 



pointed in young, the outer three pairs much graduated. Wing 



rounded, the inner primaries and secondaries very short. Tarsus 

 half -feathered. Face naked at sides. 



Key to the Species. 



n. Head and neck black ; abdomen crimson. 



a'. A white band across breast H. fasciatus tf , p. 199. 



b'. No white band H. duvauceli <$ , p. 201. 



b. Head red ; abdomen crimson H. erythrocephalus 3 , p. 200. 



jc. Head yellowish olive ; abdomen orange. H. orescius 3 , p. 202. 

 d. Head brown or brownish olive. 



c'. Abdomen brownish buff H. fasciatus $ , p. 199. 



d'. Abdomen red or pink. 



a". Crown concolorous with back ; 



wing 57 , H. erythrocephalus $ , p. 200. 



b" . Crown darker than back ; wing 



4-2 H. duvauceli $ , p. 201. 



e' ' . Abdomen yellow H. orescius $ , p. 202. 



The habits of all the species are similar. All inhabit forests, 

 and perch on trees, frequently on a large horizontal branch, on 

 which the Trogon remains motionless and, with its gaudy breast 

 concealed, but little likely to be seen. It flies out from time to 

 time in pursuit of insects, chiefly beetles, moths, or cicadas, but it 

 occasionally feeds on insects on the ground. Indian Trogons 

 have not been observed to eat fruit, as some of the gorgeous 

 American forms do. They are generally silent birds, but have 

 peculiar soft calls, and also utter a mewing sound. Holes or 

 hollows generally in rotten stumps or branches of trees are 

 excavated for nests and are not lined ; the eggs are creamy white 

 and glossy, and generally broadly oval in shape. 



1100. Harpactes fasciatus. TJie Malabar Trogon. 



Trogon fasciatus, Pennant, Ind. Zool. pi. iv (1769). 



Trogon duvaucelii, Tickell, J. A. S. B. ii, p. 580 (nee Temm.). 



Trogon malabaricus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1834, p. 26. 



Harpactes malabaricus, Swains. Class. Birds, ii, p. 337 ; Jerdon, 



Madr. Jour. L. S. xi, p. 232. 

 Harpactes fasciatus, Blyth, Cat. p. 80; Layard, A. M. N. H. (2) 



xii, p. 171 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 714; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 201 ; 



Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 422 ; Hume, S. F. i, p. 432 ; vii, p. 507 ; 



id. Cat. no. 115 ; Ball, S. F. iv, p. 231 ; v, p. 413 ;_vii, p. 203 ; 



Fairbank, 



vii, 



p. 



Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 93 ; bates in Hume's 'N. Sf E. 2nd ed. ii, 



p. 340 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 485. 



Ktifni churi, H. ; Kama, Mahr. ; Kakarne hakki, Can. ; Nawa nila 

 kurulla, Rantcan kondea, Ginni kurulla, Cing. 



Coloration. Male. Head and neck all round with upper breast 



