240 EURYLAIMUS. 



exceeds the breadth of the head, broad as it is ; and 

 in the Paris specimen, the margin has an appear- 

 ance of being obscurely and irregularly crenated. In 

 this bird, also, the rictus is quite smooth ; so that 

 it is more typical than Horsfieldii. The tail in this 

 group is rather short; although this, of course, is 

 variable. 



HORSFIELD'S GAPER. 



Eurylaimus Horsfieldii^ TEMMINCK. 



PLATE XXX. 



Body above black ; the scapulars and middle of the back 

 striped with bright yellow ; under plumage vinaceous, 

 tinged with cinereous on the throat ; above the breast a 

 narrow brown bar ; head cinereous-brown, with an incum- 

 bent crest. 



Eurylaimus Javanicus, Horsf. Lin. Tr. : Researches in Java. 

 E. Horsfieldii, Tern. PL Col. 130, 131. 



Dii. HORSFIELD was the first zoologist who defined 

 the present genus ; and this species, which he 

 proposed to call Javanicus^ has since been justly 

 distinguished by his name. It retains much of the 

 character of Cymbirftynchus in its general structure, 

 in the glossy nature of its feathers, and even in its 

 colours ; but the tail is much shorter, and the bill, 

 although equally large and broad, is much more 



