HARPACTES REINWARDTI.

Reinwardt’s Trogon :

Trogon ee ee 2, Coll, 194 idl, Gen, Courouc., sp. 5.—Less. Traité d’Orn., p. 122.—Gould, Mon.

—— Reinwardtii, Steph. Cont. of Shaw’s Gen. Zool., vol. xiv. part 1, p. 221.

Apaloderma Reinwardit, Swains. Class. of Birds, vol. ii. Passe
Reinwardtu, Gould, Mon, Trog., syn. spec. Apaloderma, Spee

Trogon (Apaloderma) Reinwardtii, Gould, Mon. Trog., List of Plates, no. 27.

Harpactes Reinwardiu, Hartl. Verz. Mus. Brem., p. 12.—Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, v
sp. 9.—hid. List of Spec. of Birds in Coll. Brit. Mus.
tom. 1. p. 151, Harpactes, sp. 9.

Apalharpactes Reinwardtu, Bonap. Consp., vol. Zygod. p. 14. gen. 5e. 43.

Trogon sulphureus, Begbie, Bonap. ibid.

Hapalarpactes Reimwardti, Cab. et Heine, Mus. Hein., Theil iv. 1),

ol. i. p. 71, Harpactes,
» pt. 1. sect. i. p. 45.—Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av.,

 

Ir gives me great pleasure to assist in perpetuating the names of two of the scientific travellers of Holland,
by directing attention to very interesting species of Trogons which have been named after them, Harpactes
Reinwardti and H. Mackloti. With Professor Reinwardt (to whom the present species has been dedicated) I
enjoyed a long personal acquaintance ; with Macklot, however, such was not the case, for I never saw him.

It would seem at first sight that these two island species offer a very close alliance to the Hapaloderma
narina of South Africa, and to a certain extent they do, but it is more in the general similarity of the
colouring of their upper surface, than in structure ; the whole of the Asiatic, continental and insular Trogons
cannot in fact be separated, for they are all very similar in their form. Some differences are observable in
the colouring of the sexes of the green-backed species; but they are all of a trivial character.

The native country of this fine bird is Java, where it was discovered by Professor Reinwardt, and where
Mr. Wallace informs me it inhabits the western parts of the country, up to an altitude of 6000 feet above
the sea. ;

In the account of the H. Retnwardti given in my ‘ Monograph of the Trogonide,’ I stated that I was in-
debted to my late valued friend Temminck for an example of the young, a figure of which is given in mie
accompanying Plate, and, as illustrating the change the bird undergoes bee ee and HEIL will
; It will be seen that although, in this immature state, it exhibits a similarity to the

not be uninteresting. ' aoe
adult, particularly in the colours of the back and tail, it differs in the markings of the wings and in the

rufous-brown tint of the breast. a i
Lam indebted to the trustees of the Derby Museum at Liverpool for the loan of the examples from which

the accompanying figures were taken.

The male has the crown of the head, back, wing-, and upper tail-co rk sh | ae
arrow wavy lines of dull yellow ; primaries greyish black, marginec
a

oreen; the three lateral feathers on each side of
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verts dark shining green; centre of the

wing dark green, crossed by numerous n
externally with white ; six middle tail-feathers dark glossy
the same hue at the base of the outer web, and greenish sl

gined with white throughout the entire length of its ona ae ae vit (He oe
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the tip, and the third for about half its length from the tip, a Py

E br ; ‘r surface rich
ellow; across the breast a broad band of yellowish olive-brown ; breast and all Hees ne
ve B c c d ) ‘ . ea-oreen : et
Be scllow “bill deep red; orbits cobalt-blue; space between the orbits and bill pea-g ;
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ate-colour on the inner, the outer feather mar-
he next on each side from near the base to

orange.”
For a knowledge of the colour
traveller, A. R. Wallace, Esq.

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The female has a similar arrangement of colour! 5 nee
across the breast 1s greyish Drown, !
and the wavy lines

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but the green of the head is duller; the throat is
without any of the yellow suffusion seen
pale yellowish white; the band ecient eats

i ler ;
in the male; the orange of the abdomen 1s much paler 5

i icuous.
wing are broader, paler, and more consp!

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