5. EHRYL^MUS. 463 



spot, and divided from the back by a white ring round the neck ; 

 rump and tail chestnut ; wings black, with a distinct white cross-band 

 on the secondaries, which is bordered externally with bright yellow 

 on the inner secondaries : beneath white, much tinged with vina- 

 ceous ; throat and sides of head black ; bill plumbeous, with pale tip 

 and edges ; feet slaty : whole length 7 inches, wing 3*2, tail 2-5. 

 Female similar, but breast pure white. 

 Hab. Philippines. 



a. Ad. sk. Basilan, Philippines. J. B. Steere [C.]. 



(One of the typical specimens.) 



b, c. r$ ad. ; d, e. Basilan, Philippines {A. Tweeddale Coll. 

 2 ad. sk. Everett). 



f. § ad. sk. Dinagat, Philippines (A. Tweeddale Coll. 



Everett). 



5. EURYL^MUS. 



Type. 

 Eurylainius, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 170 (1822) E. javanicus. 

 Platyrhynchos, Vieill. Gal. Ois. vol. i. p. 199 (1825) . . E. javanicus. 



The typical genus Eurylmnus, as now limited, contains but two 

 species, which range from Tenasserim southwards over the Malay 

 Peninsula and Sunda Islands. As regards its large, strong, much 

 widened beak, it is only surpassed by Corydon. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Larger : head and throat vinaceous 1. javanicus, p. 463. 



B. Small : head and throat black 2. ochromelas, p. 465. 



1. Eurylsemus javanicus. 



Euiylsernus javanicus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 170; id. Zool. 



lies. pi. 54; Vigors, Mem. Raffles, p. 653; Less. Man. cTOrn. 



i. p. 175 ; id. Tr'aite d'Orn. p. 201 ; Blyth, Cat. B. A. S. p. 195 ; 



id. B. Burm. p. 125 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 168 ; Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 



E.I. Co. p. 116 ; id. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 267 (Malacca) ; Cab. et Heme, 



Mus. Hein. ii. p. 121 ; Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 369 (N. Borneo) ; 



Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 57 ; Salvad. tlcc. Born. p. 107 ; Davison, 



Str.F. v. p. 456 (nest) (Burniah) : Hume 8c Dav. Str. F. vi. pp. 89, 



499 (Tenasserim) ; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 470 (Tenasserim), viii. 



pp. 50, 86 (Malay Peninsula) ; Bingham, Str. F. ix. p. 157 



(Tenasserim) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 48, 1877, p. 22, et 1879, 

 • p. 263 (Borneo) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 14 (Sumatra) ; 



Nicholson, Ibis, 1882, p. 63 (Sumatra), et 1883, p. 88 (Borneo) ; 



Oates, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 427 ; Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 407 



(Borneo). 

 Eurylainius horsfieldi, Temm. PI. Col. 130, 131 (1823); Sic. Flycatch. 



p. 240, pi. 30; Wagl. Syst. Av. Euryl. sp. 3. 

 Platyrhynchos horsfieldi, Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. p. 200, t. jexxv. 

 Javan Tody, Lath. G. H. iv. p. 96. 



Above black ; broad central patch in the middle of the back, large 

 spot on the scapularies and upper tail-coverts, and bar on the outer 



