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942. SerilopllUS hinatus. Gould's Broadbill. 



Eurylaimus lunatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 133. j « p 



Serilophus luuatus, Swainson, Class. B. ii, p. 202 ; Blyth, J. A. S.B. 

 XV, p. 311 ; id. Cat. p. 196; id. Birds Burm. p. 125; Horsf. ^M. 

 Cat. p. 118; Ilame, S. F. ii, p. 470 ; iii, p. 53; id. Cat. no. 139 

 bis ; Wardl. Ramsay, Ibis, 1875, p. 352 ; Davison, S. F. v, p. 455 ; 

 Hume Sf Dav. >S. F. vi, pp. 89, 499 ; Oates, S. F. viii, p. 164 ; x, 

 p. 188 ; id. B. B. i,p. 424 ; Biwjham, S. F. ix, p. 157 : Salvadon, 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 574 ; Sclafer, Cat. B. M. xiv, p. 460 ; 

 Oates in Hume's N. ^- E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 291. 



Primary quills, especially 3rd and 4th, sharply pointed, the 

 worn inner web of the two feathers named having the edge 

 concave near the tip. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead pale ashy, crown and nape pale 

 greyish brown, back darker, passing into chestnut on the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts ; a broad black supercilium extending back 

 to the nape ; lores pale rufous with black hairs intermixed, ear- 

 coverts greyish rufescent ; wings black, basal portion of outer 

 webs of almost all quills greyish blue, a large white spot on the 

 inner web of each, 3rd and 4th primaries with broad white tips, 

 tertiaries and tips of inner webs of all quills except the first five 

 pale chestnut, tips of the outer webs of the same feathers and of 

 the fifth primary white ; tail-feathers black, the outer 3 pairs with 

 broad white tips ; lower parts ashy grey, whitish on the throat 

 and abdomen ; lower wing-coverts and thighs black, edge of wing 

 white. 



Female similar, but with a glistening silvery white gorget. 



Bill light blue, paler on the culmen ; gape and base of both 

 mandibles orange ; mouth orange ; eyelids greenish vellow ; iris 

 dark brown ; legs greenish orange ; claws light blue (Oates). 



Length 7 ; tail 2*8 ; wing 3-4 ; tarsus '8 ; bill from gape -92. 



Distributioyi. Evergreen forests of Pegu hills, also Karennee 

 and throughout Tenasserim. Not at present recorded outside 

 British territory. 



Habits, cfc. This Broadbill occurs in small flocks in forests, and 

 is apparently strictly arboreal. It feeds chiefly on insects. It is 

 described as very stupid and not easily alarmed. It breeds from 

 April to July inclusive, making a globular nest, about six inches 

 in diameter, of coarse grass, vegetable fibres, twigs, moss, rootlets, 

 cocoons, and similar materials. The nest is lined with broad 

 leaves, some of them occasionally green ; it has a side entrance 

 protected by a rude porch, and hangs from the end of a small 

 branch. The eggs, generally four in number, are thin and 

 delicate, pure white with a slight gloss, marked with purplish- 

 black specks and minute spots tow^ards the larger end, and measure 

 •95 by -67. 



943. Serilophus ruhripygius. Hodgson's Broadbill. 



Kaya rubropygia, Hodffs. J. A. S. B. viii, p. 36 (1839^. 



Serilophus rubropygius, Bp. Consp. i, p. 169; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, 



