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937. Eurylaemus javanicus. HorsfieUVs Broadhill. 



Eurylaimus javanicus, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 170 (1821) ; 



Blyth, Cat. p. 195 ; Horsf. ^- M. Cat. p. 116. ^ 

 Eurylsemus javanicus, Blyth, Birds Bnrm. p. 125 ; Hwne, S. F. ii, 



p. 470 ; id. Cat. no. 139 ter ; Davison, S. F. v, p. 456 ; Hume 8)- 



Dav. S. F. vi, pp. 89, 499 ; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 157 ; Oates, B. B. 



i, p. 427 ; id. in Hume's N. &• E. 2nd ed. p. 294 ; Sclater, Cat, 



B. M. xiv, p. 463. 



Head of L. javanicus. 



Coloration. Male. Whole head aud neck deep purplish red, 

 lores blackish, crown and nape very dark, ear-coverts much 

 brighter ; a very narrow white line below the eye ; hind neck 

 brownish, back and upper tail-coverts mixed black and bright 

 yellow, basal portion of interscapulary feathers white ; wings 

 black, each primary with a yellow spot at the base, each secondary 

 with a long yellow spot on the outer weh, inner webs of all quills 

 whitish near the base ; tail black, all feathers except the middle 

 pair with a subterminal fulvous white spot or band. Lower parts 

 vinaceous red, the throat washed with dusky bronze, a narrow 

 black band across the breast and a distinctly bronzed gorget behind 

 it, lower breast and abdomen brighter red ; under wing-coverts 

 mostly yellow, edge of wing the same, thigh-coverts dark brown. 



Female. Similar, but without the black pectoral band. 



Young birds have the head and nape yellowish brown, the shafts 

 of the feathers brighter yellow; lower plumage yellowish throughout. 



Upper mandible bright blue to within one-third of tip ; rest 

 of upper mandible pale sea-green ; lower mandible pale greenish 

 blue ; both mandibles edged and tipped with brownish red ; irides 

 bright blue ; legs and feet fleshy ; claws brown (Davison). 



Length 9 inches ; tail 2'9 ; wing 4'3 ; tarsus 1 ; bill from gape 

 1"6. The female is slightly smaller. 



Distribution. Karennee ; Tenasserim as far north as Moulmeiu, 

 probably farther north on the hills to the eastward ; Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



Habits, 4'c. This species feeds on insects and small reptiles, and 

 has the typical habits of the family, living in forests in small 

 parties. Davison found it breeding near Bankasun in March ; the 



