6 PASSERES 
and allies, a group of Papuan Flycatchers. Otherwise they do not differ essentially from the 
genus Eurylaimus. The sexes differ in the colour of the undersurface which is vinaceous-grey 
in the males, white in the females. 
Geographical Distribution of the Species. Two forms, inhabiting some of the Philip- 
pine Islands, are known. 
tr. == Upperside slate-prey 0+ 40% ees «AO ee oe ye ee eGR 
2. — Upperside vinous brown S. SAMARENSIS. 
1. Sarcophanops steerii Sharpe. Philippine Islands 
Sarcophanops steeri Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool.(2),Vol.1, p. 344, pl.54 (18). (Dinagat, Mindanao, 
Sarcophanps steerei Sharpe, cf. Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 14, p. 462 (1888). Basilan). 
2. Sarcophanops samarensis Steere. 
Philippine Islands 
Sarcophanops samarensis, Steere, List Birds & Mamm., Philipp. p. 23 (1890). (Samar, Leyte). 
5. GENUS PSARISOMUS SwWaAINSON 
Psarisomus Swainson, Classif. of Birds, Vol. 2, p. 261 (1837) (type of the genus P. dalhousic) ; 
cf. Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 14, p. 457 (1888). 
Synonyms : Crossoderva Gould, Icones Avium, pl. 1 (1837). — Raya Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. 
Bengal, Vol. 8, p. 36 (1839). — Sznius Hodgson, op. cit., Vol. 10, p. 27 (1841). — Szmornis, 
Hodgson, Gray’s Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844). 
Characters. This gaily coloured group differs from all the rest of the Eurylemide in its 
very strongly graduated, long tail with rather narrow rectrices, while the nostrils are rounded 
and basal, as usual, but in a rather large groove and partly hidden by small and stiff frontal 
plumes. The lateral pair of rectrices is only two fifths the length of the central ones. The 
colour is beautiful : green (much lighter underneath), yellow throat, black pileum with a blue 
central patch and greenish yellow patches of elongated and narrow feathers behind the eyes. 
The nest is rather long, inside lined with fresh leaves, and is remarkable for the large porch, 
wich overhangs the entrance-hole. The eggs are spotted. These birds catch insects on the 
wing, like other Eurylemide, especially Orthoptera. Three forms, undoubtedly subspecies of 
one species, can be distinguished. One species, which must be divided into three subspecies. 
Geographical Distribution of the Species. From the Himalaya mountains through 
Assam, Burma, the mountains of the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. 
1. — Green on underside richer, darker, wing slightly longer, tips of 
Feathers on sides of neck more yellow . . P. DALHOUSLE DALHOUSL&. 
2. — Green on underside equally vich and dark as in 1, but wing 
slightly shorter, tips of feathers on sides of neck move white . . QP. DALHOUSI# PSITTACINUS. 
3. — Green on underside paler, move white towards the bases of the 
feathers, wing as short as in 2, tips of feathers on sides of neck 
much move white than yellow. . . . . . . . . . . P,DALHOUSLE BORNEENSIS, subsp. nov. - 
1. Psarisomus dalhousiz dalhousiz (Jameson). Himalaya Mountains, 
Eurylaimus dalhousie Jameson, Edinb. New Phys. Journ. Vol. 18, p. 589 (1835). Assam. Manipur, 
Psarisomus dalhousie (Jameson), cf. Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 14, p. 458 (1888). Cachar, Burma (1). 
(x) Burmese Birds have been separated as P. assimilis by Gould. The differenses the mentions may be found to be stated 
with reason if a good series could be compared. 
