268 TACCOCUA LESCHENAULTI. 



was coiled away neatly, even to the tip of its tail ; it had one deep cut across the brain-region nearly severing 

 its head in two. 



Jerdon writes that in India it is seen much about white ants' nests, whence its Telugu name, " the 

 appellation of Parrot being given to it from its red bill." 



I know nothing of its nesting; but Mr. Bligh writes me that a female killed during the S.W. monsoon 

 showed signs in its breast-plumage of having lately incubated, which points to the breeding-season being in 

 June and July. 



Fam. TROGONID.E. 



Bill short, stout, very wide at the gape, and consequently somewhat triangular ; culmen 

 curved. Nostrils concealed by bristles. Tail of twelve feathers, long and broad, sometimes 

 surmounted by a long caudal train. Tarsus very short ; feet small and zygodactyle. 



