6 PASSERES 
and allies, a group of Papuan Flycatchers. Otherwise they do not differ essentially trom 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. 
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1. Sarcophanops steerii Sharpe. Philippine Islands 
Sarcophanops steevi Sharpe,Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool.(2).Vol.1, p. 344, pl.54 (18). (Dinagat, Mindanao, 
Sarcophanps steevei 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 SwWAINSON 
Psarisomus Swainson, Classif. of Birds, Vol. 2, p. 261 (1537) (type of the genus P. dalhousie) ; 
cf. Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 14, p. 457 (1888). 
Synonyms : Crossodera Gould, Icones Avium, pl. 1 (1837). — Raya Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. 
Bengal, Vol. 8, p. 36 (1839). — Szmius Hodgson, op. cit., Vol. 10, p. 27 (1841). — Simornis, 
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. 
Geographical Distribution of the Species. From the Himalaya mountains through 
sam, Burma, the mountains of the MalayanReninsula,,Sumatra, and. Borneddsnvdrxidvss— 
Green on underside richer, darker, wing slightly longer, tips of 
feathers on sides ofneck more yellow. 9... oy ee (RaspaLHOUSI@ DALHOUSLA. 
2. — Green on underside equally rich and dark as im 1, but wing 
slightly shorter, tips of feathers on sides of neck move white . . P.DALHOUSI@ PSITTACINUS. 
3. — Green on underside paler, more white towards the bases of the 
feathers, wing as short as in 2, tips of feathers on sides of neck 
much more white than yellow. . . . . » « + « « .~ FP. DALHOUSLE BORNEENSIS, subsp. nov. 
1. Psarisomus dalhousiez dalhousiz (Jameson). Himalaya Mountains, 
Ewrylaimus dalhouste 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 . 
(1) Burmese birds have been separated as P. assimilis by Gould. The differences he mentions may be found to exist if a 
good series could be compared. 
