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Reinwardt’s irodon.
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TROGON R E INWA R D T I I , Temm.
Reinwardt’s Trogon.
S p e c i f ic C h a r a c t e r .
Trog. capite, dorso, tmtftcibtisque camice superioribus saturate viridibus ; alis in medio scapu-
laribusquejimxi trasmmrsim hneat'is ; remigibtis nigris, pogoniis externis albis ; gutture flavo ;
auribus, colti la ieri but, pectoreque olivaceo-brunneis ; ventre flavo ad later a aurantiaco ;
• rectricibus ceerulcscenti-atris iridescentibus, tribus extemis ntrinque apicem versus albis.
Rostrum aurantmco-ntbrum ; regio ophthalmica nuda ceerulea; tarsiJlavi.
Bill bright ei'dthsli onmge ; to}> of t b bead, back, ami upper tail-coverts dark green ;
*ix ¿wsddb» stack with fge&m ; the baaed of the three outer
(bdWrt on ©aeh shfc the mute &.* lm:. ¡uHidh ones, the remaining portions being
wfehe; e«'u*re of tfe wings and d io u h k n green, transversely rayed with fine lines of
yellow, primaries black, with the exception of the outermost web, which is white; throat
yellow; ear-coverts, sides oi fcb* y5.:<.k. and chest olive brown; belly and under surface
yellow, becoming rich orange mi the sides; tarsi yellow; bare skin round the eye blue.
Total length from 121 to inches ; tail, 7 t; wing, 5f.
Trogon Reinwardtii. Temm., PI. Col. 124.
From the einrasM tanee of the pre»e?*i bird and the Trogon narina of Southern Africa being the only species
yet discover*»! <c the Old VI crki a green plumage, it would appear that they approximate more
nearly to the 1»!«erica:’. Trujfo»*, »» whwb tins feature is so conspicuous, than do any of their congeners,
though at the same ti««? they posse#* characters which readily lii^inguish them, viz. the absence of serra-
tures along the edges of dnt bill and of bars on tut few?
The native habitat of this species are Java a&d Maffisatra, where it was discovered by Professor Reinwardt,
that truly worthy A«d juath celebrated mftftnfelfct, «hose .’xertious have added so much to the stores of science,
and after whom-it tat* bee« named.
The Trogon Hehxm?4-a oifrns a singularity to our notice in the great similitude of the plumage of the sexes,
the female possessing the same cliaracteristic markings as the male, from whom she differs only.in having the
colours more obscure, and by the rich orange of the throat and flanks giving place to a pale yellow.
I am highly indebted to my valued friend M. Temminck for an example of the young of this species, a
figure of which is given in the accompanying Plate ; and which, as illustrating the change which the present
species undergoes from youth to irmturity, will not be uninteresting to the ornithologist. It will be seen that
although in this immature state, It exhibits a similarity to the adult, particularly in the colours of the back and
tail, a circumstance which rarely < tv urs in the family, as in all the Trogons where the plumage of the female
diifeix much from that of the m«k, the young birds generally resemble the former; while, as in the present
case, where the sexes are nearly alike the young partake of the adult colouring, differing only in the markings
of the wings and the rufous brown of the breast.
That the Trogon Reinwardtii should rarely occur in collections is a fact which may probably be accounted
to* by the circumstance of its appearin'* to be very local in its habitat. The vast collections brought to this
country by Sir T. Stamford Raffles and H- ■ Horsfield did not contain an example.
The Plate represents an adult male and ■- young bird of the natural size.