Qrder JJ. 
passeres. 
Tribe II. Flssirostres diurnte. 
Family III. Coraciaive 
1V th W Subfamily, 
EURYLAIMINiE, or Boatbili.s, 
have the Bill p, 
and tiie • dl ® e ’ riKire or less depressed, and extremely broad at the base, with the culmen curved, 
ascend;, K ^ ^ a, dually compressed to the tip, which is slightly emarginated ; the gonys long and 
th e thi r d & \ ^' C ''' osbv ‘ls lateral, more or less near to the base, and exposed ; the Wings moderate, with 
Tarsi sh ' Aurth quills equal and longest; the Tail generally moderate, graduated or forked; the 
one f 0r fir ^ ’ ail< ^ ^ le ^ oes long, with the lateral ones unequal, and the outer toe united to the middle 
S0l *e distance. 
Eurylaimus Horsf . * 
Charge rath . ,1 
Sfadn^i , ei depressed, and extremely broad at the base, with the culmen arched, and the sides 
Vie; ln l Hesse d to the tip, which is emarginated; the lateral margins curved, and dilated at the 
Su War JOf , S ^° n ° aric l ascending ; the nostrils lateral and basal, with the opening pierced in the 
"Ith th e th* |' 10 more OT l ess rounded, and partly protected by the frontal plumes. Wings moderate, 
and fourth quills equal and longest. Tail more or less long, and rounded. Tarsi shorter 
th; 
au Ac middl 
Wes 1 0; 
n<y 
Xh e 
ana j 
tim 
io , . Ac, strong, feathered below the knee, and covered in front with transverse broad scales. 
Vd t 0e j 1 t ^ le °nter toe longer than the inner, and united to a great extent to the middle toe ; the 
° ’ at A all the claws long, curved, and acute. 
ilt Angles, 
°f thi 
th e 
e . s &°aus are found in India and its archipelago. They reside in small flocks in the humid forests 
y those that abound with rivers and marshes. Their food consists of insects and worms, and 
y fe ed also 
on berries and fruits. 
h E 
"* Eui^vl * Horsf T • rr, 
t. lss HorsfieA:: W 1 "- Tra " S ' XliL P- *70., Z °° l P 1 - 
a 1! Wins. Nat T Ten ‘ m - ri - c °b 130, 181., Gal. des Ois. 
3 i? S ^ enil n pi , llm ' t rans - xiii. p. 297- — Eurylaimus 
OAA 1 *" 1 *' 
4 . j, ' ■ 1 la] is. i. pi. 25. — Type of Serilophus 
App. to the List of Mr. Hodgson’s Col- 
5. E. Dalhousice Jam. New. Phil. Journ. xviii. p. 26l., Gould, 
leones Av. pi. — Eurylaimus psittacinus Mull. ; Raya sericeogula 
Hodgs. PI. col. 598., Wits. Zool. Illustr. pi. 7. ; Type of Psari- 
somus Swains. ( 1 837)- 
6. E. sumatranus (Raffl.) Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 303. — Eurylaimus 
corydon Temm. PI. col. 297- ; Corydon Temminckii Less . ; Type 
of Corydon Less. (1828). 
c o^® tabl ish ed by D 
r fiaS?? dd in 1820 Trans, xiii. p. 170.). Platyrhynclais of Vieillot ( 1 825) is synonymous. It embr, 
' a,ld Xaya of alKl P^risomus (1887) of Mr. Swainson. This latter name is synonymous with Crossoder, 
, (1867) — 
Jgson (1889). The last-mentioned author altered his name to Simus in 1841. 
It embraces 
■a of 
