horsfield’s gaper. 
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flattened, as well as dilated at tlie gape ; the co- 
louring of the head and neck is very peculiar, and 
is so mixed and blended as not to admit of an easy 
definition. The top and sides of the head are of a 
chestnut-black, graduating into a shade of cinere- 
ous on the nape, and of yinaceous-red on the ears 
and sides of the throat ; this changes to dark brown 
on the lower part of the neck above, and then into 
deep black, which is the ground colour of the re- 
maining upper plumage ; on the scapulars, and 
down the middle of the hack, is a broad stripe of 
1 night and pure yellow ; the base of the feathers, and 
edges of the same, being black ; a band of yellow is also 
on the middle of the lesser quills, and a very small 
one, much paler, at the base of the primaries ; the 
edges of the wings, and the under wing-covers, are 
also pale yellow ; the under parts are dull vinaceous- 
red, becoming nearly cinereous on the chin and 
throat, which are like the ears; across this, and 
just above the breast, is a narrow band of dark 
brown ; the under tail-covers are dingy yellow, and 
the thighs brown. The tail is black; all the feathers, 
except the middle pair, having a transverse white 
band before their tips ; hill vinaceous brown, part 
of the culmen and the margins being yellow ; the 
legs are pale, and probably flesh-coloured. 
Total length, 8 inches ; bill, gape, ; front, 
; wings, 4 ; tail beyond, Ijo j base, 2 1 ; tar- 
sus, T 8 5 . 
The next type* we have named 
• Eurylaimus lunatus. Gould. Zool. Trans, i. 75, pi. 25. 
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