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Throat pale brownish yellow ; the centre of the back bright red ; the wings are black, with a few wliite 

 spots ; the tail-feathers pale black, the centre pair of uniform hue, the rest marked with white towards 

 the tip. The eye is brown, the beak and a bare place round the eye are bright red ; the foot is 

 blackish brown. This species is nine inches and a half long ; the wing measures four, and the tail 

 three inches and a half ; the beak is one inch long, and one inch and a quarter broad at its base. 

 We are entirely without particulars as to the life and habits of this bird, except that it frequents 

 moist and shady woods in the vicinity of water, and associates in small parties. 



THE JAVA BROAD-THROAT {Eitrylaivms Javankus). 



The TRUE BROAD-THROATS {Eurylaiimis) are recognisable from the above group by the 

 formation of their beak, which is longer and flatter than that of the last-mentioned species. 



THE JAVA BROAD-THROAT. 



The Java Broad-throat (Eurylaimus Javanicus) is blackish brown on the upper back, lemon- 

 yellow on its lower portion, and greyish crimson on the under side ; a stripe between the shoulders, 

 another on the shoulder-covers, and several patches on the outer webs of the quills are lemon-yellow ; 

 the tip of the tail is enlivened by a white line ; th^ beak is glossy black, except at the culmen and 

 margins, which are greyish white ; the first is yellowish brown. This bird is eight inches and a half 

 long ; the wing measures three inches and five-sixths, and the tail two inches and one-third. 



According to Raffles, the Java Broad-throat frequents the banks of rivers and the vicinity of water, 

 in search of worms and insects. It makes its nest on a branch overhanging the surface of the 

 water. Heifer informs us that a very similar species occupies the tree-tops in flocks of from thirt)- to 



