Hodgson's Trogon.
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Mas. Trog. eaysite, collo, peciore, corporeqite subtits intense sanguineis ; dorso, tectricibusque
caudee super >%>r i bus,Jlavescenti-f'uscis ; aits in medio lineis delicatis albis et nigris striatis •
primants mgr is, extus albo marginatis ; seoir mints caitdce duabus intermediis castaneis, ad
apkem wgrss : utrisque proximis nigris ; cxtus per tres partes basin versus, castaneis ; intits
lined castunca prope calamum excurrente ornatis ; ad has proximis nigris, extùs ad basin per
dimidiam partem castaneis ,* rectricibus reliquis nigris, ad apicem large albo notatis ; rostra
nigro ; .pedibus olivaceis.
PtiBin. Quoad colorem a foeminâ speciei Tr. Erythrocephalus dictoe baud distingui potest.
Head, neck, breast and all the under surface deep blood red ; back and upper tail-coverts
sandy brown ; centre of the wing striated with fine wavy lines of black and white ; primaries
black, margined on their outer webs with white ; two centre tail-feathers rich
chestnut brown, tipped Mack -, the next on each side black, with two-thirds from the
base of the outer n ié a fine line down the side of the shaft on the inner web rich
chestnut brow« , the next on each side black with the basal half of the outer web rich
chestuut brown; the three lateral feathers on each side black largely tipped with white,
which extends for some length down the outer web ; bill black ; feet olive.
l&tsà leusgth, 15* inches; wing, 5 i; tail, 8 ; tarsi, $■.
In the letter-press accompanying the preceding species {Trog. erythrocephalus') I have stated the range of that
bird to wr.irod i'nm Rangoon to the rich valley o f Nepaul, believing as I then did that the bird here figured
identical w ith that species. At the time that account was published I had only seen a single specimen of
the bird inhabiting the latter country . the fctpne o f two years has afforded me opportunities of inspecting other
specimens from this highly interesting and little explored region, an examination of which has convinced me
that the Nepmdrwe H*rd is p;» .--m i?}v doiinct. I have also gained some further information respecting the
range of f ‘ 'y'ttrotephtihts, winch I can now positively state to extend to the Islands of the Indian Ocean as
well as Rangoon, specimens having been forwarded to me by M. Temmiuck, who received them direct from
Sumatra.
In naming the present a§*«?w» stse- M■? ©f Neptttti, I am desirous of paying a slight compliment
to a gentleman, who, beside* fhitjihog his high official duties, is labouring with assiduity in the field
of science, and that too, in a country, the interesting nature of whose productions will crown his labours with
»access; and whose forthcoming work, on the Zoology of those regions, cannot fail to be of the highest
T h e Bodgsonxi differs from T. erythrocephalus in being considerably larger in all its proportions, particularly
as the sice and length o f the tail, while at the same time it possesses a smaller and more compressed
M l . ¡fs-;- colouring also in all the specimens I have seen is less vivid, particularly in the blood red,
wktt • »s much tMfer oa the head and chest; in several specimens the scarlet had entirely given way to
a ttati grey cokmna^. which would appear to have been the coe*Mp*et»ee of the bird having just performed
th e tNSK o f lOCSalMKS.
I subjoin the - 1 the two species in order thv their differences may be more clearly perceptible.
Trogon Hodgson». . «'•tew* wing, 5±; tail, 8 ; tarsi, |.
Trogon erythrocepMk*. -T**» If« tubes, wing, 5 ; tail, 6| ; tarsi, t.
The female so closely resetuhfes t&* »■. »wale of T. thu-cephalus, that a description is unnecessary.