TROGONS. 
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mg as far west as the forests of the Knysna district. On the west coast, from 
Fanti to the Gahun, we meet with Ussher’s trogon ( H ’. constantia ); while in East 
Africa, from the Zanzibar forest region into Kikuyu, is found the banded trogon 
(H. vittatum). Very little 
has been noted about the 
habits of these birds, but 
Mr. Layarcl states that the 
Narina trogon is a very 
shy species, only found in 
. the forest districts; its food 
consisting of fruit and in¬ 
sects ; while its cry is a 
loud moaning note, heot, 
which has been compared 
to the bark of a poodle 
with a cold. This trogon 
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is reported to nest in hollow 
trees, where it lays four 
white eggs. 
Indian Trogons. 
constituting 
NARINA TROGON. 
The In¬ 
dian trogons, 
the genus 
Harpactes, are beautifully 
plumaged birds, distin¬ 
guished by the bare sides 
of the face, and the chest¬ 
nut tail, barred with black at the tip, of both sexes. 
The genus is represented by eleven species, some of 
which measure as much as a foot in length; while 
all are characterised by their brilliant coloration. 
One of the best known is the red-headed trogon 
(H. erythrocephalus), characterised by the chestnut 
breast, the deep crimson head, neck, and under-parts, 
and the black wings, in which the primaries are edged 
with white, while the wing-coverts and inner second¬ 
aries are finely vermiculated with white ; the gape 
and region of the eye being bare and of a purplish 
blue colour, while the bill is bluish with a black tip, 
the feet pinkish, and the eye dull red. The female is 
not quite so bright in colour as the male, the lower- 
parts being duller; the back as well as the neck and 
^ breast reddish brown, and the vermiculations on the 
wing-coverts buff instead of white. The habits of this trogon differ from those of its 
American allies, for Mr. Oates says that its food consists entirely of insects, on which 
it swoops after the manner of a flycatcher. It affects thick forests, and, although 
solitary in its habits, is so common in some of the hill forests that a dozen or more 
