EURYLAIMINJE. 
Cymbirfiynchus Vigors .* 
Bill large, and extremely broad at the base, with the culmen rather elevated and arched to the W 
which is emarginated, tlie sides gradually compressed, and the gonys long and ascent mg; e 
furnished with rather long strong bristles; the nostrils lateral, pierced near the middle m the su s 
of the bill, and exposed. The other characters like those of the former genus. 
The typical species that constitutes this genus is found in India and its isles. It prefers the mos . re i fo r 
places of the jungles, where it is mostly observed perched on the lower branches of the trees, remaining P ^ 
a considerable period if not disturbed. Its food consists of various-sized coleopterous ^ects, whi 1 
captures on the wing. The nest is stated to be pendent from the branch of a tree or bush that overha 0 
c. macrorhynchus (Gmel.) - Todus nasutus Lath. Gen. Syn. I niscatus Safi, i Erolla nasica Less.; Platyrhync ius 
pi. SO.; Eurylaimus nasutus Ternm. PL col. 154.; E. lem- Desm. 
Pelt ops WaglJ 
Bill rather long, slightly depressed, and moderately broad at the base, with tlm culmen curv^ 
the sides gradually compressed to the tip, which is emarginated; the lateral margins slightly ^ 
the base, and then curved towards the tip ; the gonys short and ascending ; the gape furmshec ^ 
derately long and strong bristles ; the nostrils lateral, pierced in the substance of the bill at a shor 
from the base, with the opening rounded and exposed. Wings long and pointed, with the third an ^ 
quills equal and longest. Tail moderate and forked. Tarsi much shorter than the middle ^ 
covered with transverse scales in front. Toes rather long ; the outer longer than the nmer, ® 
united at its base to the middle toe; the hind toe rather short, and armed with a short curve 
It is in the humid forests of New Guinea that the type of this genus is found. 
P. Blainvillei (Garn.) Wagl. Voy. de la Coqu. Ois. t. 19- f. Swains. Nat. Libr. Flyc. pi. 31. 
; - M - s ” ,o,on (,837) 
synonymous. 
January, 1847. 
