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imaginable, Another species, C. auriceps, is common in the north of 
Brazil, and in addition to the beautiful green of the plumage of its body, it 
has the head of splendid golden, almost appearing to be gilded artificially. 
The genus Trogon, T. viridis (pl. 97, fig.'7), and the Curueui, 7. curucut 
(pl. 97, fig. 6) are common in collections. 
Sub-fam. 2. Harpactine, or Asiatic Trogons. Bill stronger than in the 
preceding, both mandibles notched at their tips; nostrils partially covered ; 
tarsi slightly feathered, short; anterior toes united. Colors gay, usually 
brown or reddish, fulvous, shel scarlet. 
India and the Malay Archipelago are the countries of the birds of this 
sub-family. They are showy, but not so splendid as their American 
relatives, though they appear to be very similar in all other respects. 
They are usually noticed sitting quietly on a dead tree, occasionally 
darting after an insect and returning to the same position, or wandering 
about from tree to tree. Harpactes malabaricus, rutilus, and diardit, are 
amongst the most common species; while one large species, H. gigas, well 
established as having been known ie the older ornithologists, is unknown 
in modern ie ctais} 
One species only, which constitutes a genus of its own, has been found 
in South Africa; it is the Apaloderma narina, and it appears to differ in 
no respect from the general characters of the Trogons. 
Fam. 5. Atceptvina. General form, short, thick, and strong. Bill long, 
and mostly adapted to striking as well as seizing their prey. Wings 
generally moderately strong; tail generally short; tarsi short ; toes long. 
A very extensive family, composed of the kingfishers, puff-birds, and 
jacamars, distributed amongst a large number of genera. They inhabit all 
parts of the world, and far the greater part show_a disposition to frequent 
the vicinity of water. 
Sub-fam. 1. Bucconine, or Puff-birds. Bill rather long, elevated, and 
broad at the base, with the tip curved and frequently emarginated or 
fissured. Wings mostly rather short; tail moderate; tarsi short, covered 
with scales. Size various, never large; plumage plain. 
The birds of this sub-family derive their name from the habit of raising 
or puffing up their profuse plumage. which, it appears, is more or less the 
ease in all the species. Southern America is their native country, and 
their habits appear to be very similar to those of the birds of the last 
sub-families. They live upon coleopterous and other insects, which they 
capture upon the wing. 
Bucco macrorhynchus (pl. 97, fig. 8) is the best known species. Monasa 
tranquilla and leucops are, however, common in collections of South 
American birds. 
Sub-fam. 2. Halcyonine, or Broad-billed Kingfishers. Bill broad, long, 
and nearly quadrangular, with the lateral margins straight, or curved 
slightly upwards. Wings broad, short, and rounded; tail moderate ; tarsi 
very short, robust. Size various; plumage generally containing more or 
less blue and green colors. 
This sub-family may be said to comprise the kingfishers which frequent 
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