OF  THE  GENUS  EURYLAIMUS. 
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taneis ;  parauchenio  lund  alba  notato ;  scapularibus  nigris ;  alis  lazulinis,  ad  apicem 
fascia  lata  nigra  notatis,  remigibus  prioribus  quatuor  albo  apiculatis  acutis,  secundariis 
abruptis  tribus  interioribus  castaneis ;  caudd  nigrd,  rectricibus  tribus  externis  apices 
versus  albis. 
Foem.  lunula  ad  colli  latera  nulla. 
Long.  tot.  64-  unc.  ;  rostri,  a  rictu  ad  apicem,  ^ ;  rostri  ad  basin  lat.  -f- ;  long. 
al(B,  3-^  ;  caudfE,  2  ;  tarsi,  4-, 
Hab.  apud  Rangoon,  Peninsulee  Indise  ulterioris. 
The  bill  is  dark  olive,  inclining  to  black,  lighter  at  its  edges  and  along  the  culmen  of 
the  upper  mandible.  The  head  is  furnished  with  a  thick  crest,  composed  of  long  silky 
feathers  of  a  dull  chestnut  brown,  beneath  which  a  black  band  extends  to  the  occiput, 
beginning  just  above  the  base  of  the  bill,  and  passing  over  the  eye ;  the  cheeks  and 
ear-coverts  are  of  the  same  colour  as  the  crest.  The  throat  is  greyish  white,  passing 
off  into  deep  bluish  grey,  which  covers  the  whole  of  the  under  surface  ;  on  the  sides  of 
the  neck  this  grey  is  interrupted  by  a  beautiful  semilunar  mark,  consisting  of  silvery 
white  feathers  elevated  above  the  rest,  and  abruptly  terminated  as  if  clipped  by  scis- 
sors. The  upper  part  of  the  back  is  bluish  grey,  passing  off  into  bright  chestnut, 
which  occupies  the  rump  and  upper  tail-coverts.  The  shoulders  are  black,  succeeded 
by  a  broad  band  of  lazuline  blue,  which  is  the  colour  of  the  wings  ;  beyond  the  blue  a 
black  band  succeeds,  which  terminates  the  wing,  with  this  exception,  that  the  first  four 
primaries  are  tipped  with  white  :  in  these  feathers  the  shafts  are  prolonged  in  the  form 
of  slender  filaments,  giving  them  a  remarkably  pointed  appearance.  The  rest  of  the 
primaries,  and  all  the  secondary  quills,  have,  on  the  contrary,  a  broad,  indented,  and 
abrupt  termination,  barely  edged  along  the  tip  of  the  outer  vane  with  white,  the  inner 
vane  being  chestnut,  which  latter  colour  occupies  the  whole  of  the  three  last  secon- 
daries. The  tail  is  black,  with  the  exception  of  the  three  outer  feathers,  which  are 
white  at  their  extremities,  the  outermost  being  nearly  altogether  white  :  each  feather, 
like  the  four  first  primaries  of  the  wing,  has  the  shaft  projecting  beyond  the  lateral 
vanes.    The  thighs  are  black.    The  tarsi  are  brownish  black. 
The  female  resembles  the  male  in  her  plumage,  except  that  she  wants  all  trace  of  the 
beautiful  lunated  silvery  mark,  which  is  so  great  an  ornament  to  the  male. 
Several  examples  of  this  beautiful  bird  were  shot  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Rangoon 
by  Major  Godfrey,  and  I  am  indebted  to  that  gentleman  for  the  opportunity  of  placing 
on  record  the  interesting  species  which  he  has  thus  added  to  science.  He  informs 
me  that  it  inhabits  the  thickest  jungles,  and  that  its  food  was  found,  upon  minute  ex- 
amination, to  consist  entirely  of  berries  and  fruits  :  he  did  not  ascertain  any  particulars 
respecting  its  nidification.  How  far  its  range  extends  to  the  southward,  or  in  other 
words  whether  it  approaches  to  or  actually  inhabits  either  of  the  islands  in  which  the 
other  Eurylaimi  are  found,  cannot  at  present  be  stated  :  it  is,  however,  probable  that  it 
