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EURYLATMUS. 
exceeds the breadth of the head, broad as it is ; and 
in the Paris specimen, the margin has an appear- 
ance of being obscurely and irregularly crenated. In 
this bird, also, the rictus is quite smooth ; so that 
it is more typical than Horsfieldii. The tail in this 
group is rather short ; although this, of course, is 
variable. 
HORSFIELD’S GAPER. 
Kurylaimus Horsfieldii, Temminck. 
PLATE XXX. 
Body above black ; the scapulars and middle of the back 
striped with bright yellow ; under plumage vinaceous, 
tinged with cinereous on the throat ; above the breast a 
narrow brown bar ; head cinereous-brown, with an incum- 
bent crest. 
Eurylaimus Javanicus, Horsf. Lin. Tr. ; Researches in Java.— 
E. Horsfieldii, Tem. PI. Col. 130, 131. 
Dr. Horsfield was the first zoologist who defined 
the present genus ; and this species, which he 
proposed to call Jamnicus , has since been justly 
distinguished by his name. It retains much of the 
character of Cymbirhynckus in its general structure, 
in the glossy nature of its feathers, and even in its 
colours ; but the tail is much shorter, and the hill, 
although equally large and broad, is much more 
