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part of the island ; and that all the more remarkable and 

 characteristic Javanese birds and insects were to be fonnd 

 here. On the very first day, my hunters obtained for me the 

 elegant yellow and green trogon (Harpactes Eeinwardti), the 

 gorgeous little minivet flycatcher (Pericrocotus miniatus), 

 which looks like a flame of fire as it flutters among the 

 bushes, and the rare and curious black and crimson oriole 

 (Analcipus sanguinolentus), all of them species which are 

 found only in Java, and even seem to be confined to its 

 western portion. In a week I obtained no less than 

 twenty-four species of birds, which I had not found in 

 the east of the island, and in a fortnight this number 

 increased to forty species, almost all of which are peculiar 

 to the Javanese fauna. Large and handsome butterflies 

 were also tolerably abundant. In dark ravines, and occa- 

 sionally on the roadside, I captured the superb Papilio 

 arjuna, whose wings seem powdered with grains of golden 

 green, condensed into bands and moon-shaped spots ; while 

 the elegantly-formed Papilio coon was sometimes to be 

 found fluttering slowly along the shady pathways (see 

 figure at page 201). One day a boy brought me a butter- 

 fly between his fingers, perfectly unhurt. He had caught 

 it as it was sitting with wings erect, sucking up the liquid 

 from a muddy spot by the roadside. Many of the finest 

 tropical butterflies have this habit, and they are generally 

 so intent upon their meal that they can be easily ap- 



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