1. CALXPTOMENA. 



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2. Calyptornena whitehead! 



Calyptomena whiteheadi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 558 ; id. Ibis, 1888. 

 p. 231, pi. v. 



Bright shining green ; large blotch on the front of the neck 

 and a spot on each side behind the ear-coverts black ; feathers 

 of back and breast black, with lanceolate green tips ; tail velvety 

 black, green at the base ; secondaries slightly edged with blue : 

 whole length 11 inches, wing 6*35, tail 3-2. Female similar, but 

 smaller, not so bright, and frontal crest less developed. 



Hab. Kinabalu Mountain, Borneo. 



The description is taken from the typical specimens in Mr. White- 

 head's Collection. 



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 Subfamily II. EURYL^EMINtE. 



The typical Eurylcemidce consist of about eight species referable 

 to six easily distinguished genera, which range all over the Oriental 

 Region with the exception of the peninsula of India and Ceylon, 

 and extend from the Eastern Himalayas through the Malay Archi- 

 pelago to the Philippines. 



The wide gape, which distinguishes these birds generally, is 

 carried to an excess in Corydon, in which its width is fully equal to 

 the length of the bill. The food of this subfamily appears to be 



