PSARISOMUS. 11 



resemble those of the last species, have been described by Mr. 

 Gammie in Sikkim, aiid by Mr. Baker in Cachar. The eggs 

 measure about -95 by '66. 



Genus PSAKISOMUS, Swainson, 1837. 



Bill similar to that of Eurylcwnus, but smaller, edge of upper 

 mandible straight, not overhanging ; no rictal bristles ; loreal 

 feathers directed forward. Tarsi indistinctly scutellated in front 

 outside, the scutellation becoming obsolete inside. Tail greatly 

 graduated, longer than the wing. General colour bright green. 

 Sexes alike. 



A single species. 



944. Psarisomus dalhousiae. The Long-tailed Broadbill. 



Eurylaimus dalhousise, Jameson, Edinb. N. Ph. J. xviii, p, 389 

 (1835) ; Royle, III. Bot. Him. i, p. Ixxvii, pi. vii, fig. 2. 



Psarisomus dalhousise, Blyth, Cat. p. 195 j id. Birds Burma, p. 126 ; 

 Horsf. fy M. Cat. p. 117 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 236 ; Godioin-Austen, 

 J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 95 ; xlv, pt. 2, p. 69 ; Walden, Ibis, 

 1875, p. 460; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 52 ; v, p. 19 ; xi, p. 48; id. Cat. 

 no. 138 ; Hume Dav. S. F. vi, pp. 88, 499 ; Biiigham, S. F. viii, 

 p. 193 ; ix, p. 156; Gates, S. F. x, p. 188 ; id. B. B. i, p. 423; 

 Salvadot-i, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 574 ; Sclater, Cat. B. M. 

 xiv, p. 458; Gates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 289. 



Raya sericeogula, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. viii, p. 36 (1839). 



Psarisomus assimilis, Hume, S. F. iii, p. 53. 



The Yellow-throated Broadbill, Jerdon ; Rai-i, Nepalese ; Dang-mo- 

 mith, Lepcha. 



Fig. (>. Head of P. aaikonsief. 



Coloration. Crown and nape with the sides of the head behind 

 the eyes black ; a large bright blue patch on the crown ; a narrow 

 frontal line, an elongate spot behind the eye, lores and chin bright 

 yellow, passing into orange-yellow on the throat ; this colour is 

 continued behind the black cap as a collar, the nuchal portion of 

 which, sometimes difficult of detection in skins, is bright blue. 

 Upper plumage from neck to tail-coverts inclusive bright grass- 

 green ; tertiaries and outer webs of secondaries the same ; inner 

 webs of wing-feathers black, outer webs of primaries bright blue 

 near the base, dark bluish green towards the tip, a large white spot 



