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and others drive the insects out of their hiding

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laces under bark amongst moss, and in withered leaves. The Flycatchers and Trogons
places ’ .
; voor insects, the Flveatchers taking th ;
anches and fly after the larger insects, : sing them on the wing,

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have settled. In the breeding-season the

on which they

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the Trogon
Trogons are continually calling out to eac
are called ‘viduas’ (that is, ° widows’) by the Spaniards.

with other species was also noticed by my late friend

The habit of consorting
‘informed me that he ha :
as seen them,

d in my first edition,

who, as recorde
and more than one species In company—a

John Natterer,
though very rarely, congregating together,

e which he considers ma he principle that instinct leads

circumstance y be accounted for on t
them by some migratory movement to abandon one district at a certain season of the year in
abundant. These migrations, however, cannot be

search of another where food is more

| for a lengthened flight ; besides which,

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extensive, inasmuch as their wings are not adaptec

every new district of any great extent presents us with its peculiar species ; for example,

none of the species inhabiting Mexico has been found in Brazil. and vice versd.

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The disposition of the feathers in the Trogonidz is, according to Nitzsch, very similar

completely bare for a considerable

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to that prevalent in Passerine birds; but the neck 1s

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pace. The feathers are peculiarly soft and dense. The skin of the Trogon is perhaps

thinner . op
mer and more delicate than that of any other bird. and exceedingly difficult to remove,

as the feathers dr
athers drop out on the slightest touch; so that many a specimen 1s spoilt by

the bird falling against a branch after bemg shot.

Much confusi ; :
i nfusion has arisen in the sy aay nt tis ee
ie synonymy of this family from a want of knowledge

of the peculiariti
rities 7 2 : ;
E of young and maturing birds. An examination of a very extensive series

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al feath tH E 1 |
W t { C ers 1n 5 oung individuals are le I ger and more | ol : a |

the whit : :
e bars are wider
der and less numerous. In the maturing bird the rectrices become

Squarer with su 1
ecessive moults :
The wi ults, and the amount of white in the bars less in quantity
Vine-coverts re subi
g , too, are subject to considerable variati 1 ul
able variation in the young ; these are frequently

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distinetl

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i tled with buff, as is shown in the Plates of 7 "8
ates of 7’. melanocephalus and Pharoma

n the adult.

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auriceps, juv. These marki
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os are replaced by the stvle of eolours shown 1

 

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