382 EURYL^EMID^E. 



Bill black ; irides dark brown ; legs fleshy white. 



Length. 8 to 8*5 inches; tail 2*2; wing 4-1 ; tarsus i'o; bill from gape n. 



Hab. Tenasserim, where Mr. Davison first discovered it. According to 

 Gates it inhabits the evergreen forests, and appears to be, to some extent, 

 migratory. It has also been found in the Malay Peninsula at Tonka. 



Family, EURYLMNLIDJE,Swainson. 



Plantar vinculum retained ; manubrium not forked ("Desmodactyli, Forbes). 

 Sclater. Bill short, broad, and depressed, the culmen bluntly ridged and 

 more or less rounded ; tip hooked ; margins of upper mandible somewhat 

 dilated and folding over the lower one; nostrils apert, covered by a few 

 bristles ; wings short ; tail graduated ; tarsus short ; outer toe syndactyle. 



Sub-Family. CALYPTOMENIN^E. 



Frontal plumes projecting forwards and covering the nostrils ; tail very 

 short, nearly square ; bill short ; chin angle carried forward. (Sclater.) 



Gen. Calyptomena. Raffles. 



942. Calyptomena ViridiS, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Socy. xiii. p. 295 ; 

 Blylh, B. Burnt, p. 124; Wald., Ibis, 1872, p. 369; Salvad., Ucc. Born. 

 p. 106 ; Hume, Sir. F. ii. p. 470 ; id., Str. F. viii. pp. 50, 86 ; Hume and 

 Dav., Str. F. vi. pp. 86, 499 ; Oales, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 422 ; Sclater ', Cat. B. 

 r. Mus. xiv. p. 456. The GREEN BROAD- BILL. 



Whole plumage bright shining green, paler on the abdomen ; a small yellow 

 spot in front of the eye ; a black band in front across the forehead concealed 

 by the frontal plumes, and a black spot behind the ear coverts ; wings dark 

 brown ; wing coverts bright shining green, with three cross bands of black ; 

 under wing coverts black. 



The female is green but less brilliant than the male ; the spot in front of the 

 eye is yellowish green, and the black spots and bars are absent. Bill yellowish ; 

 legs horny green ; irides dark brown. 



Length. 6 to 7*5 inches; tail r$ to 2'i ; wing 4*2; tarsus 0*8; bill from 

 gape 1*1. 



Hab. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. According to 

 Mr. Davison it is a forest bird, but prefers thin tree-jungle and the tops of trees. 

 Found singly or in pairs, or in small parties. Food fruits. 



Gen. PsarisOmUS. Swains. 



Nostrils more or less rounded, concealed by the small frontal plumes ; 

 tail long and much graduated, and longer than the wing. (Sclater.) Bill 

 moderate, broad, deep, triangular as seen from above ; culmen curved, ridge 

 blunt, hooked and notched at the tip. 



