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that I have met with. The note is a short whistle uttered sharply three times, the first note being the 
shrillest. Iris black ; hill dark brown ; legs pale pink.] 
193. Pitta muelleri (Bp.). 
[Fairly common in Labuan in certain months, and no doubt migrates at certain seasons to this island. 
Iris and bill black ; feet slaty grey. 
Native name of all species of Pitta “ Teung tana.”] 
Order PSITTACI. 
194. Pal^ornis longicauda (Bodd.). 
[Common in the lower reaches of rivers, especially near the higher swampy growth. 
Native name “ Biau.”] 
194 a. Loriculus galgulus (L.). 
[Common in Labuan, frequenting fruit-gardens. 
Native name “ Trepas.”] 
Order PICARLE. 
Family TROGONiDiE. 
195. Harcactes whiteheadi, sp. n., Sharpe. 
Adult male. General colour above bright cinnamon ; scapulars like the back ; wing-coverts black, 
finely barred with white cross lines ; bastard-wing similarly marked ; primary-coverts black; quills 
black, with a distinct white margin ; secondaries black, externally lined with white, like the wing-coverts ; 
upper tail-coverts like the back ; two centre tail-feathers deep cinnamon, with a broad black tip ; the 
next pair black, with a chestnut shaft, the remainder black, with black shafts and some white near the end 
of the outer web, the outer feathers white for nearly the terminal half and for a good distance along the 
outer web ; crown of head brilliant scarlet ; lores black; ear-coverts scarlet, like the head ; throat black, 
shading off into slaty grey on the fore neck ; the chest pearly grey, extending in a kind of crescent up 
the sides of the throat, the lateral feathers tipped with scarlet ; remainder of under surface of body 
brilliant scarlet, deeper below the grey chest ; abdomen slightly paler and more rose-coloured ; thighs 
blackish, with cinnamon ends ; under tail-coverts like the back ; under wing-coverts black ; quills below 
black, with a white patch at the back : “ bill and bare cheeks blue, as well as the bare patch round the 
eye; feet dull brownish pink; iris reddish brown” (J. IF.). Total length 12 inches, culmen 09, 
wing 5*2, tail 6*5, tarsus 0*55. 
Adult female. Differs from the male in having the head cinnamon, as well as the lower parts from 
the chest downwards, which are scarlet in the male ; the wing-coverts and secondaries barred with 
ochreous brown instead of white. Total length 12 inches, wing 5-5, tail 7. 
The beautiful red head and grey chest of this species distinguish it at a glance from H. kasumba, 
H. hodgsoni, and, in fact, from every known species of the genus. It is quite a Trogon apart. 
[This beautiful Trogon was met with on my second expedition, at 4000 feet, where it frequented the 
dark and wet patches of old forest. These birds generally sit in the higher branches of the lower forest 
trees, and seldom move, except to take short flights from perch to perch. They generally keep their dull- 
coloured backs to the hunter, thus rendering themselves more like a bunch of dead leaves, for which they 
may often be mistaken. 
On the 4th of April, whilst I was taking shelter from the rain under some palm-leaves, one of these 
Trogons settled on a tree quite close to me ; it uttered every now and then a peculiar growling note, 
swaying its tail backwards and forwards, spreading out the feathers with each movement, and every now 
and then making a short flight to capture some insect, and settling on another perch. 
The young birds in nestling-plumage are similar to the female, but there is little or no distinction 
in colour between the throat, breast, and the rest of the lower parts. The pencilling of the wing-coverts 
is not nearly so fine, the yellow and black stripes being broader. The colour of the back is not so bright, 
