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Duvaucel's Trogon.
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TROGON DÜVAUCEL I I , Temm.
Duvaucel’s Trog’on.
S p e c i f i c C h a r a c t e r .
Mas, Trvg. dorso castaneo ; corpore subtus, uropygio, caudceqne tectricibus superioribus coccineis ;
etlfWte, gutture, alisque nigris, his (prceter remigibus) aibo transversim strigatis ; rectricibus
dmdm./ mtermediis castanets nigro apiculatis, duabus proximis utrinque nigris, reliquis ad
fcum nigris ad apicem albis.
iapite, pectore, dormqw britnmi* ; uropygio rufescenti-brunneo; ventre pattide rubro;
mgr is brunneo Jamatts.
Mué. l b : y , ? : oi the bead ami throat black; breast, under surface, rump, and upper tail-
coreris m b o u rle t; back chestnut brown; wings black, and, with the exception of the
primaries, marked transversely with fine lines of white ; the three outer tail-feathers
black at the base and white at the tip, the two next on each side wholly black» and the
two middle ones chestnut brown, tipped with black ; bill and space round- thé eye blue.
Female.. Head, chest, and back brown ; rump reddish brown ; under surface light red ; wings
blaefc r a y e d transversely with broad lines of brown ; tail as in the male.
T o t« iatigCb, 9 km&m 1 ; wing, 4 ; tail, 6 ; tarsi, ±. . *
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For bntb&w?» of colouring nothing can surpass the tints that adorn the plumage of this little 'frogon, which,
unlike species of the family that has come under my notice, has the rump and lower portion of
the back of a seaMtot colour, vying in every respect with the rich and fiery hue of the breast. The admiration
with which these fords must be viewed even when seen in preserved collections will enable us to form some
idea of their still gmttef beauty in a state of nature, when darting meteor-like through the dark recesses of
the dense and gloomy parts of the forests ; and when so seen they cannot foil to call forth the admiration and
inflame the enthusiasm of the naturalist, who has ventured to seek their haunts in those primitive districts.
The sexes offer the usual differences in the colouring of the plumage which characterize several other
species, the female being less gaily attired, having the head brown instead of black, and the wings transversely
rayed with broad lines of brown instead of fine lineations of white as in the male.
Habitat Sumatra.