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STCRILOPHUS ; 
it is represented by that beautiful and interesting 
bird, the Serilophus lunatics, recently discovered near 
Rangoon, rvhere several of them were shot by Major 
Godfrey. Here, again, although the information 
on its manners and habits is very concise, it is pe- 
culiarly applicable to our purpose. Major Godfrey 
observes, “ that it inhabits the thickest jungles, 
and that its food was found, upon minute investi- 
gation, to consist entirely of berries and fruits*." 
The generic and typical peculiarities of this bird are 
peculiarly interesting. The first aspect, notwith- 
standing many dissimilarities, reminds the ornitho- 
logist of the true chatterers ( Bomby cilia ), the 
plumage having the same silky gloss, and the head 
being surmounted, as in those birds, with a con- 
spicuous, pointed, and pendant crest. The wings 
are very remarkable, uniting the two chief charac- 
ters of the rasorial and of the fissirostral structure : 
the first is manifested in the suddenly attenuated 
and pointed ends of the primary quills, almost pre- 
cisely similar to those of some species of Fluvicola ; 
* Zool. Trans, i. 177. . 
