ETTETL^MIDiE. 



939. Corydon sumatranus. The Dusky Broadhill. 



Coracias sumatranus, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 303 (1822). 



Corydon sumatranus, Strickl. A. M. N. H. vi, p. 417 (1841) ; Blijih^ 

 Cat. p. 195; id. Birds Burma, p. 125; Horsf. ^ M. Cat. p. 117f 

 Hume (^ Bav. S. F. vi, p. 97 ; Hmne, Cat. no. 139 sex ; Binyham, 

 S. F. ix, p. 157 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 430 ; Sclater, Cat. B. M. xiv^ 

 p. 466. 



Fig, 4. — Head of C. ^umafmnm-. 



Coloration. Black throughout with the following exceptions : — a 

 concealed interscapulary patch crimson (or occasionally yellow) 

 and white, consisting of the basal parts only of the feathers, the 

 tips being black ; a broad white band across the primaries close to 

 the coverts ; a subterminal white spot or band on all tail-feathers 

 except the middle pair ; the throat and upper breast, which are 

 dirty brownish white, the edges of the feathers in places darker. 

 Female the same. 



Young didler black, without an interscapulary patch, and wiih 

 the white of the throat ill-defined. 



Upper mandible varying from dark reddish brown to pale horuy 

 brown, lower mandible pale fleshy-pink with a dark median streak, 

 tips of both whitish ; orbital skin and gape dark fleshy-pink ; legs, 

 feet, and claws black ; irides deep brown. 



Length 10-5 ; tail 4*2 ; wing 5*4 ; tarsus 1-1 ; bill from gape 1-6. 



Distribution. Apparently throughout Tenasserim, except in the 

 deciduous forests, as far north as Karennee ; also the Malay Penin- 

 sula, Sumatra and Borneo. 



Habits, 4'c. This bird is found in pairs or small parties in forests. 

 It is somewhat crepuscular according to Tickell, and during the 

 day very sluggish. Jt has an oft-repeated mellow, rather musical 

 note ; also a clear whistle, which it utters W'hen flying from tree 

 to tree. The nest and eggs do not appear to have been recorded. 



