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stiff bristles, which turn upwards. The bill is of a bright-blue 

 colour, large, thick and strong, wide at the base, arched 

 but scarcely carinate above, hooked at the point, where it 

 forms a kind of rounded unguis, behind which is a slight 

 notch. The lower mandible is scarcely shorter than the upper. 

 The nostrils are narrow and horizontal, situated about the 

 middle of the bill, and a furrow is continued both backward 

 and forwards from them. Irids green. The leathers on the 

 thighs are blackish ; the legs are blue. The tarsi are rather 

 long ; the outer toe is connected to the middle one beyond the 

 middle of the second phalanx. The claws are strong and 

 hooked. 



This species is found in the interior of Sumatra, frequenting 

 the banks of rivers and lakes, and feeding on insects and worms. 

 It builds its nest pendent from the branch of a tree or bush which 

 overhangs the water, and is said to lay only two eggs. • 



2. EURYLAIMUS ociiromalus. 



The second species is considerably smaller, being scarcely six 

 inches in length. The head and chin are black, the back and 

 wings black variegated with bright yellow. The scapulars are 

 less distinct than in the preceding, and chiefly yellow. A 

 white band surrounds thei throat, divided from the breast by 

 a similar one of black, which is incomplete in the female. 

 The breast and abdomen have a light vinous-red tint ; the 

 uropygium is bright yellow. The tail is one inch and a half 

 in length, composed of ten feathers, which are black, with a 

 round white spot near the extremity of each. There arc no 

 bristles at the base of the bill, which is blue, like the preced- 

 ing, but is more depressed at the base. It is somewhat 

 arched, hooked, and notched at the point. In this, as in the 



former. 



