

EURYLAIMINjE. 



Cymbirhynchus Vigors.* 



Bill large, and extremely broad at the base, with the culmen rather elevated and arched to the tip, 

 which is emarginated, the sides gradually compressed, and the gonys long and ascending; the gape 

 furnished with rather long strong bristles ; the nostrils lateral, pierced near the middle in the substance 

 of the bill, and exposed. The other characters like those of the former genus. 



The typical species that constitutes this genus is found in India and its isles. It prefers the most retired and shady- 

 places of the jungles, where it is mostly observed perched on the lower branches of the trees, remaining in one spot for 

 a considerable period if not disturbed. Its food consists of various-sized coleopterous insects, which it probably 

 captures on the wing. The nest is stated to be pendent from the branch of a tree or bush that overhangs the water. 



C. macrorhynchus (Gmel.) — Todus nasutus Lath. Gen. Syn. I niscatus Ruffl. ; Erolla nasica Less. ; Platyrhynchus ornatus 

 pi. 30.; Eurylaimus nasutus Temm. PI. col. 154. ; E. lem- I Desm. 



Peltops Wagl.-f 



Bill rather long, slightly depressed, and moderately broad at the base, with the culmen curved, and 

 the sides gradually compressed to the tip, which is emarginated ; the lateral margins slightly dilated at 

 the base, and then curved towards the tip ; the gonys short and ascending ; the gape furnished with mo- 

 derately long and strong bristles ; the nostrils lateral, pierced in the substance of the bill at a short distance 

 from the base, with the opening rounded and exposed. Wings long and pointed, with the third and fourth 

 quills equal and longest. Tail moderate and forked. Tarsi much shorter than the middle toe, and 

 covered with transverse scales in front. Toes rather long ; the outer longer than the inner, and much 

 united at its base to the middle toe ; the hind toe rather short, and armed with a short curved claw. 



It is in the humid forests of New Guinea that the type of this genus is found. 



P. Blainvillei (Gam.) Wagl. Voy. de la Coqu. Ois. t. 19. f. 2., Swains. Nat. Libr. Flyc. pi. 31. 



* The late Mr. Vigors established this name in 1831. (Mem. of Sir S. Raffles, App. p. 654.) 



f Wagler established this genus in the Ms for 1829- Erolla of M. Lesson (1831) and Platystomus of Mr. Swainson (1837) are 

 synonymous. 



January, 1847. 



