178 MR. J. GOULD ON A NEW SPECIES OF EURYLAIMUS. 
may hereafter be met with in Sumatra, or even in Java, especially as the conterminous 
Cymbirhynchus nasutus extends from those islands as far northwards as Rangoon, where 
specimens of it were shot by Major Godfrey, and always in similar situations to those 
frequented by Eur. lunatus. 
The precise position of the genus Eurylaimus in the natural system will probably not 
be determined with certainty until we obtain more complete accounts than we yet pos- 
sess of the habits of the birds comprised in it. It appears to be almost equally entitled 
to rank with the Fissirostres on the one hand, and with the Dentirostres on the other. 
The compressed form and breadth of the bill, together with its wide gape destitute of 
bristles at the angles (in the typical species at least), imply a relationship both to the 
true Fissirostres and to the berry-feeders, such as the Ampelide ; while the short and 
rounded wing, and the strong tarsi and claws, militate against habits like those of the 
exclusive Flycatchers, lengthened wings and small feet being essential to their aérial 
mode of life. Still, however, as in the case of the birds composing the genus Bomby- 
civora, which feed at one season of the year almost exclusively on insects, and at other 
times on mountain berries and fruits, the birds of the present group may partake of 
the same varied diet, consisting of fruits and such insects as are obtained with little 
exertion on the wing ; as the character of the toes, particularly of the hinder one, which 
is longer than those in front, and equals the tarsus in length, clearly indicates that they 
seldom quit the branches which constitute their native locality. 
PLATE XXV. 
EvuryLAIMus LuNaTUuS, male and female. 
