THE BEOAD-BTLLED HOLLER. 
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rump and upper tail-coverts ; the whole lower plumage tolerably clear 
greenish blue,, duller on the breast and brighter on the vent^ under tail- 
coverts and under wing-coverts ; throat and upper l^reast with numerous 
broad shaft-stripes of glistening violet-blue ; secondaries^ primaries and 
their coverts blacky the first six primaries with a patch of light blue at their 
bases ; the next primary with a smaller patch of the same colour ; tail 
blacky more or less tinged with purple at the bases of the feathers ; 
underside of tail and wings suflPused with purple. 
Bill^ legs and feet deep vermilion ; the tip of the bill black ; iris dark 
brown ; gape yellowish. 
Length 12 inches^ tail 4'4, wing 7'6, tarsus '7, bill from gape 1*7. The 
female is of the same size or even larger than the male. 
The Broad-billed Boiler is locally distributed over the greater part of 
Burmah. Mr. Blyth records it from Arrakan ; I observed it in Pegu in 
the hills north of Pegu Town^ at Tonghoo and at Shwaygheen ; Capt. 
Wardlaw Bamsay got it on the Karin hills, and Mr. Blanford at Bassein ; 
Mr. Davison states that it is confined to the southern portion of Tenas- 
serim, but Capt. Bingham found it in the Thoungyeen valley. 
To the north of Burmah it ranges through the Tndo-Burmese countries 
into India^ and is found over a considerable portion of that country and 
Ceylon. To the east it is found in China, Siam and Cochin China, and it 
extends down the Malay peninsula to Sumatra, Java, Borneo and some of 
the further islands. 
The Broad-billed Boiler is comparatively rare, and is only found in 
forest country. It appears to be almost crepuscular in its habits, being 
indolent and little on the move during* the day. It perches on dead 
branches, and catches insects both by flying at them and by pouncing on 
them on the ground. It is said to breed in holes of trees, and its eggs are 
probably white. 
