1844-45.] DESCKIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OP BIEDS. 9 



of the inner web ; the wattles on the head commence below each eye, pass beyond tlie ear, where 

 each forms a small flap, and then returns on to the head, so dividing the occiput and nucha into 

 three distinct portions, which are closely clothed, like the rest of the head, with short velvety 

 feathers. The legs are yellow, the bill orange, and the eyes deep brown. 



Specimens in my cabinet both from Malabar and Goorasoor agree perfectly in their colours, 

 form, and dimensions. 



2nd. G. jaminn. Enlahes jaimna, Cuvier ; G. rcligiosa, Cuy., apud Horsfield, Zoological Madr. Joiirn. 



Res. in Java ; Eulahes javana, Vieill. .'.V ^ , "• 



■^ ' xui. p. 15(5. 



This species is perfectly distinct from the former, and is, as Linne remarks, much larger ; 

 but its superior size is not its only distinction, for the form of the bill and shape of the wattles 

 form very marked differences. In plumage the two agree pretty closely, though perhaps the 

 Malay bird is the brightest of the two. A large stripe of deep velvety black feathers begins just 

 above each eye, where it is narrowest, and widens as it recedes, occupying the greater portion of 

 each side of the head, and nearly joining at the back of it ; from the base of the bill and bounded 

 on both sides by these black lateral bands, passes the medial stripe of the feathers which clothe 

 the remainder of the head, and which are of a purplish gloss, similar to the rest of the plumage ; 

 this stripe narrows as it recedes, its narrowest portion being where the lateral bands so nearly 

 join ; below each eye is a naked space of orange-coloured skin, and quite unconnected with the 

 large wattles that occur at the back of the head, and which commence from behind each eye, 

 occupying but a very narrow space at first, and then suddenly widening into two broad four- 

 cornered flajis. 



The distribution of the white on the primaries and the colour of the bill and legs is as in 

 the former species. The bill, though preserving a similar structure, is twice the height. 



This species is, I believe, found in all Malasia, though my specimens were received only from 

 Malacca. 



3rd. The species to which I would retain Cuvier's name of indica is intermediate between 

 the first and second ; the bill is rather larger than that of our Peninsular species, but the Avattles 

 partake in form of both the former species ; in the manner that they are placed below the eye, 

 they resemble those in G. religiosa, while from their not returning onto the occiput, they bear 

 some affinity to G. javana ; the black lateral bands hardly observed in G. religiosa and so Hadr. Journ. 

 marked in G. javana, occur in this species only before and behind the eye, but not over it, thus -^''^ '■'^' ^'■• 



xni. p. 157. 



causing a hiatus, which is replaced by the proper feathers of the head. In size the G. javana 

 is the largest, and the Peninsular species the smallest ; wliile the only distinction in the general 

 plumage of this species, and which is perhaps merely the eff"ect of age, is, that the primaries and 

 secondaries are edged with rusty brown, thus almost forming a band across the wing. 

 I shall now add the dimensions of all the three species • — 



