. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 122 TROGONID^ HAPALODBEMA the head, throat and chest a yellowish-brown instead of green, shading on the lower breast through lilac to carmine on the abdomen; iris brown, bill dark brown on the upper mandible and base of the lower, rest yellow ; wing 4-80. In young birds the vermiculations of the inner secondaries are spread over a considerable portion of the wings ; the breast is also transversely barred with dusky. Distribution.—This Trogon was first discovered by Levaillant in the forests of Outeniqua and along the Gamtoos river, now in the districts of Kn
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 122 TROGONID^ HAPALODBEMA the head, throat and chest a yellowish-brown instead of green, shading on the lower breast through lilac to carmine on the abdomen; iris brown, bill dark brown on the upper mandible and base of the lower, rest yellow ; wing 4-80. In young birds the vermiculations of the inner secondaries are spread over a considerable portion of the wings ; the breast is also transversely barred with dusky. Distribution.—This Trogon was first discovered by Levaillant in the forests of Outeniqua and along the Gamtoos river, now in the districts of Knysna and Humansdorp of the Colony. From here it is spread along the more wooded parts of the Colony, Natal and Zululand, extending through Nyasaland and German east Africa to. Pig. 39.—Hapaloderma narina. x \. southern Abyssinia. On the west coast it reappears in Angola, though not hitherto recorded from German south-west Africa. The following are localities: Cape Colony—Knysna (Victorin), Peddie (S. A. Mus.), Port St. John's (S. A. Mus.); Natal—near Durban (Ayres), Pinetown (Shelley), Echowe and Umgoye in Zululand (Woodward); Portuguese east Africa—Zambesi valley, scarce (Kirk); Ehodesia—Junction of Chobe and Zambesi (Holub). Habits.—The Narina, so called by Levaillant after a Hottentot beauty for whom he professed great admiration, is found only in thick bush, where it creeps about or sits motionless and voiceless in a very upright position with its head closely drawn down on to its shoulders; it is usually solitary though two or three birds may now and then be found together. Its note to which it only gives vent during the breeding season is loud, monotonous and mournful, and is also somewhat ventriloquial, so that although the bird may be. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sta
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