36 ^ INDIANZOOLOGY. 



IV. 



TROGON -FASCIATUS. 

 THE FASCIATED COUROUCOU *, 



Trogon fafciatus, Gmelin. Lin. i. 405. Lathatn., ii. 492, , 

 Index Ornith. i. 200. 



Fasciated 'T^HIS fpecles is rarely found in the ifle of CeyloUy 

 where the Cingalefe call it Rantvan-kojidea. A fpe- 

 cies bearing fome refemblance to it is defcribed by M. 

 Brijfon, iv. 165, by the name Le Couroucou Cendre; but 

 the bend on the breaft, which diilinguifhes the Indian 

 fpecies, evinces it to differ from that of Cayenne. 

 Description. Its length was ten inches ar|^ an half: the weight one 



ounce five-eighths. 



'The bill black, thick, flrong, and arched; the bafc 

 befet with briftles : the orbits naked, and of a deep blue : 

 the irides yellow. 



The head and neck of a very deep dufl-iy blue, fading 

 into a paler as it approaches the breaft. 



Across the breafl is a fafcia or band of white; beneath 

 that the v/hole under-fide is of a bright reddifh orange- 

 color. 



• Read, on the plate, Thi Fj^sciated Cowroucou. 



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