384 



p. 157; Sclater, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xiv. p. 460. Eurylaimus lunatus, Gould, 

 P. Z. S. 1833. GOULD'S BROAD-BILL. 



Head, nape, lores and ear coverts grey, purer on the forehead ; supercilium 

 black ; under surface of the body greyish white ; rump and upper tail coverts 

 brownish chestnut ; tertiaries the same ; tail black, three outer pairs of feathers 

 broadly tipped with white ; the next pair either entirely black or tipped with a 

 small spot of white ; primaries and secondaries black ; the 3rd and 4th broadly 

 tipped with white, and the basal half of the outer webs of all blue ; inner webs 

 with a large white spot ; outer secondaries and tips of some of the wing 

 feathers chestnut ; thighs black ; bill plumbeous ; culmen and edges yellowish ; 

 feet blackish. 



Length. 7 inches ; tail 2*8 ; wing 3*4 ; tarsus 0*8 ; bill from gape '92. 

 The female has 3 -4 silvery white bands across the breast. 



Hab. British Burmah. Occurs in small flocks, is strictly arboreal and 

 restricted to dense forests or well-wooded localities. Gates says he found its 

 nest in May near Pegu. It was a spherical structure, suspended from the 

 branch of a tree not far from the ground, and was composed of coarse grass, 

 vegetable fibres, &c. The entrance was at the side, and protected by a rude 

 porch. The exterior of the nest, Gates adds, was adorned with cocoons, excreta 

 of caterpillars and pieces of bark. Eggs 4 in number, white, marked with 

 purple and rusty brown. 



945. Serilophus rubropygius (Hodgs.), Bp. Comp. \. p. 169; 



Jerd., B Lid. i. p. 238 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Burmah p. 125 ; Hume, Sir. F. vii. 

 p. 53 ; viii. p. 86 ; ix. p. 247 ; Oates, B. Br.,Burm. i. p. 425 ; Gould, B. Asia, 

 pi. 93; Sclater, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xiv. p. 461. Raya rubropygia, Hodgs., 

 y. A. S. B. viii. p. 36. Eurylaimus (Serilophus) rubropygius, Horsf. et 

 Moore, Cat. B. E. I. Co. Mus. i. p. 1 19. HODGSON'S BROAD-BILL. 



Upper surface dark iron grey ; supercilium black ; rump and upper tail 

 coverts chestnut red ; wings black, crossed by a bluish band above the coverts 9 

 and by another occupying the tips of the outqr webs, also by a white band 

 beneath, across the inner webs ; outer secondaries and tips of the inner webs 

 of the inner primaries chestnut like the back; a row of small white spots 

 adjacent to the second bluish band ; tail black ; outer rectrices broadly tipped 

 with white, beneath grey, more whitish on the belly. Bill plumbeous with 

 yellowish tip and edges ; feet pale greenish brown. (Sdater.) 



Length. 7 to 7*25 inches ; tail 3 ; wing 3*5 ; bill at front 0*55 ; tarsus 0*9. 

 (Oatcs.) 



Hab. Hill tracts of Bengal to the Eastern portion of the Himalayas, and as 

 far as Nepaul. Recorded from Sikkim, Darjeeling, Bhootan, Assam, Munipur, 

 and Khasia Hills. 



