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Catalogue of the Birds 



[Apkil 



Sub-Genus ISPIDA, Sw. 



248. -7. rudis.—Al. rudiSy KwcL—Koreyala KilHla, H.— 5?ac^and 

 white Kiiig'Ji'her. 



Comtnou over all India, frequenting brooks, rivers and tanks. Unlike 

 the other King-Jishers which watch for their prey from a fixed station, 

 and then dart down obliquely on it, the spotted King-fisher searches for 

 its prey on the wing, hovering over a piece of water like some of the 

 Terns, and then darting down perpendicularly on it. Irides hazel 

 brown: bill and legs blnck. 



Lengih II to lU inches; wing 5^ ; tail 2l ; bill to front 2 j\(hs ; at 

 gape 2 ^8_ths. 



Family TROGONIDiE. 



Genus TROGON, L. 

 Sub-Genus HARPACTES, Sw. 



249. — H. Malabaricus, Gould's Monograph ?— Tro^./ascfa^M^, Lath. 

 *^Tro. Kasimba, Raffles. — Tr. Condea, Temm. P. C. — Koofnee Chooreef 

 H. of some shikarees.— ^«rwa, Mahr. — Kakerne hukki^ Can. 



This very richly plamaged Trogon is of rare occurrence in Southern 

 India, and I have only found it in the densest portions of lofty jungle 

 in Malabar and the Wynaad. It is, however, enumerated in Mr. 

 Elliot's Catalogue. It is generally seen seated motionless on the branch 

 of a tree, occasionally flying off to capture an insect, and sometimes, 

 thoujjh rarely, returning to the same perch, generally taking up a new 

 position, and wandering much about from tree to tree. I almost always 

 observed ii fjolitary— occasionally in pairs, and on one occasion four or 

 five were seen together. In the stomach I have always found frag- 

 ments of large coleopterous insects. The Hindoostanee name Koofnee 

 Ckooree, is given (says Mr. Elliot) " from its sitting with its head sunk 

 in the shoulders, as if it had no neck, or as if dressed in a faqueer's 

 * koofnee.* " Irides deep brown ; bill and naked skin of fine deep cobalt 

 blue; legs light blue. 



Length I J inches ; of which the tail is above 6; bill straight to gape 

 1 inch. 



The female diflTers from the male in wanting the black head and neck, 

 vhich aie of a light greenish brown. The belly is ochreous instead of 



