CALYPTOMENA. I'd 



the ear-coverts, three bands across the wing-coverts, and the wing- 

 feathers (except the outer webs of the secondaries and the basal 

 portion of the outer webs in the primaries) black. 



Female duller and paler green throughout, especially below ; 

 no black marks ; wing-feathers brown. Young birds are like the 

 females, but duller in colour. 



Fig. 7. Head of C. viridi-. 



Upper mandible pale horny to brown or even black, the tip and 

 the lower mandible light reddish horny or brownish orange ; gape 

 orange ; iris dark brown ; legs pale dirty or horny green, sometimes 

 tinged with bluish, sometimes with purplish grey. 



Males, length about 7'5 ; tail 2 ; wing 4*2 ; tarsus -8 ; bill 

 from gape 1*1. Females are rather larger, wing about 4 f 4. 



Distribution. Tenasserim from Ainherst southward, also the 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. 



Habits, 6fc. According to Davison this beautiful Broadbill lives 

 entirely on fruit. It keeps to the forests and frequents the tops 

 of the trees singly, in pairs, or in small parties. It is only active 

 in the mornings and evenings. The note is a soft whistle. 

 Several nests have been taken in Tenasserim by Mr. J. Darling, 

 and are egg-shaped, measuring about 9 inches by 4, pinched flat 

 at the top, along the twig from which each is suspended, and 

 ending in a tail, sometimes 3 feet long. The nest is large, com- 

 posed chiefly of fine grass, sometimes mixed with roots &c., and 

 contains about 3 very pale yellow or creamy eggs, unspotted, with 

 little or no gloss, and measuring about 1*15 by 'S. 



