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MR.  J.  GOULD  ON  A  NEW  SPECIES  OF  EURYLAIMUS. 
may  hereafter  be  met  with  in  Sumatra,  or  even  in  Java,  especially  as  the  conterminous 
Cymbirhynchus  nasutus  extends  from  those  islands  as  far  northwards  as  Rangoon,  where 
specimens  of  it  were  shot  by  Major  Godfrey,  and  always  in  similar  situations  to  those 
frequented  by  Eur.  lunatus. 
The  precise  position  of  the  genus  Eurylaimus  in  the  natural  system  will  probably  not 
be  determined  with  certainty  until  we  obtain  more  complete  accounts  than  we  yet  pos- 
sess of  the  habits  of  the  birds  comprised  in  it.  It  appears  to  be  almost  equally  entitled 
to  rank  with  the  Fissirostres  on  the  one  hand,  and  with  the  Dentirostres  on  the  other. 
The  compressed  form  and  breadth  of  the  bill,  together  with  its  wide  gape  destitute  of 
bristles  at  the  angles  (in  the  typical  species  at  least),  imply  a  relationship  both  to  the 
true  Fissirostres  and  to  the  berry-feeders,  such  as  the  Ampelid(s ;  while  the  short  and 
rounded  wing,  and  the  strong  tarsi  and  claws,  militate  against  habits  like  those  of  the 
exclusive  Flycatchers,  lengthened  wings  and  small  feet  being  essential  to  their  aerial 
mode  of  life.  Still,  however,  as  in  the  case  of  the  birds  composing  the  genus  Bomby- 
civora,  which  feed  at  one  season  of  the  year  almost  exclusively  on  insects,  and  at  other 
times  on  mountain  berries  and  fruits,  the  birds  of  the  present  group  may  partake  of 
the  same  varied  diet,  consisting  of  fruits  and  such  insects  as  are  obtained  with  little 
exertion  on  the  wing  ;  as  the  character  of  the  toes,  particularly  of  the  hinder  one,  which 
is  longer  than  those  in  front,  and  equals  the  tarsus  in  length,  clearly  indicates  that  they 
seldom  quit  the  branches  which  constitute  their  native  locality. 
PLATE  XXV. 
Eurylaimus  lunatus,  male  and  female. 
