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TODIDiE. 



GENUS XLVII.— EURYLAIMUS, Horsfield. 



Rostrum capite brevius, va- 

 lidum, postice dilatato- 

 ampliatum, margine an- 

 gusto intacto; mandibula 

 superior obsolete carinato, 

 apice abrupte adunco, 

 emarginato; ^lambasales^ 

 apertae, nudae. 



Beak shorter than the head, 

 stout, behind much en- 

 larged, the margins nar- 

 row; the upper mandible 

 obsoleteiy carinated, its tip 

 abruptly hooked, emargi- 

 nate ; nostrils basal, open, 

 naked. 



Sp. 1. Eu. Horsfieldii. Temm. PL CoL 130. male; 131. female, 

 Eu. capite toto corporeque infra vinaceis; dorso alisque perfuscis 



Jlavo variis; cauda atr a fascia apicali alha. 

 Eurylaimus with the entire head and the body beneath vinaceous j 



the back and wings brown varied with yellow ; tbe tail dark 



coloured, with a white band at the tip. 

 Eurylaimus Javanicus. Linn. Trans. (Horsfieldj) v. xiii. p. 170. 



Inhabits Java. Length eleven inches : the male 

 has the feathers on the top of the head rather long, 

 and of a black or dusky purple hue ; of which colour 

 the cheeks and occiput partake : the under parts are 

 of a vinaceous purple more or less pure, changing to 

 a yellow tinge on the flanks : the lower tail-coverts 

 are bright yellow : the top of the back is brown : the 

 rest black, as well as the wings and tail : on the sca- 

 pulars are several longitudinal citron-yellow coloured 

 spots, and also on the back and upper tail-coverts, 

 and a sort of speculum on the quills : the two middle 

 feathers of the tail are totally black, but the others 

 have a large white spot tow^ards the tip : the beak is 

 red-brown, more or less marbled with yellowish. The 

 female (which resembles the young) has the head and 



