OF THE GENUS EURYLAIMUS. 177 
taneis ; parauchenio lund albd notato ; scapularibus nigris ; alis lazulinis, ad apicem 
fascid latd nigra notatis, remigibus prioribus quatuor albo apiculatis acutis, secundariis 
abruptis tribus interioribus castaneis ; caudd nigrd, rectricibus tribus externis apices 
versus albis. 
Foem. lunuld ad colli latera nulld. 
Long. tot. 64 unc. ; rostri, a rictu ad apicem, 3; rostri ad basin lat. 4; long. 
ale, 31; caude, 2; tarsi, 4. 
Hab. apud Rangoon, Peninsule Indiz ulterioris. 
The bill is dark olive, inclining to black, lighter at its edges and along the culmen of 
the upper mandible. The head is furnished with a thick crest, composed of long silky 
feathers of a dull chestnut brown, beneath which a black band extends to the occiput, 
beginning just above the base of the bill, and passing over the eye; the cheeks and 
ear-coverts are of the same colour as the crest. The throat is greyish white, passing 
off into deep bluish grey, which covers the whole of the under surface ; on the sides of 
the neck this grey is interrupted by a beautiful semilunar mark, consisting of silvery 
white feathers elevated above the rest, and abruptly terminated as if clipped by scis- 
sors. The upper part of the back is bluish grey, passing off into bright chestnut, 
which occupies the rump and upper tail-coverts. The shoulders are black, succeeded 
by a broad band of lazuline blue, which is the colour of the wings ; beyond the blue a 
black band succeeds, which terminates the wing, with this exception, that the first four 
primaries are tipped with white: in these feathers the shafts are prolonged in the form 
of slender filaments, giving them a remarkably pointed appearance. The rest of the 
primaries, and all the secondary quills, have, on the contrary, a broad, indented, and 
abrupt termination, barely edged along the tip of the outer vane with white, the inner 
vane being chestnut, which latter colour occupies the whole of the three last secon- 
daries. The tail is black, with the exception of the three outer feathers, which are 
white at their extremities, the outermost being nearly altogether white: each feather, 
like the four first primaries of the wing, has the shaft projecting beyond the lateral 
vanes. The thighs are black. The tarsi are brownish black. 
The female resembles the male in her plumage, except that she wants all trace of the 
beautiful lunated silvery mark, which is so great an ornament to the male. 
Several examples of this beautiful bird were shot in the neighbourhood of Rangoon 
by Major Godfrey, and I am indebted to that gentleman for the opportunity of placing 
on record the interesting species which he has thus added to science. He informs 
me that it inhabits the thickest jungles, and that its food was found, upon minute ex- 
amination, to consist entirely of berries and fruits: he did not ascertain any particulars 
respecting its nidification. How far its range extends to the southward, or in other 
words whether it approaches to or actually inhabits either of the islands in which the 
other Eurylaimi are found, cannot at present be stated: it is, however, probable that it 
