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MUSOICAPIDiE. EUnVLAlMlN^. 
its basBj and the margins folding over those of the 
under mandihle : the tip abruptly hooked, kl ings 
rather short. Feet strong, moderate. The outer toe 
connected for half its length to the middle toe ; hinder 
toe long ; inner toe shortest. 
Eurylaimus, Horsf. (^<1.144. p.81 .) Bill broader than 
the head: under mandible very thin, particularly 
at the base. Nostrils basal, transverse, oval; the 
aperture naked. First quill slightly, second almost 
impercepfibly, graduated. Tail short, rounded. The 
pre-eminent type. 
E. Horsfieldi. FI. Col. 130, 31. Suinatranus. Ib. 297. 
ochromalus. Ib. 261. 
Cymbibynchus, Vigors. Bill thicker, subconic, and 
more powerful ; the base with a thickened margin : 
under mandible strong, equally deep with the upper. 
Gonys angulated and ascending. N ostrils naked, placed 
in the middle of the bill. Tail rather lengthened, 
graduated. The subtypical type. . 
C. nasutus. PI. Col. 154. 
I’lATYSTOMrs, Sw.* Bill as broad as the head ; the 
base encircled by a thickened margin : the cutting 
edge of the upper mandible not dilated or folding 
over that of the under. Rictus strongly bristled. 
Nostrils basal, oblong, naked, and without a mem- 
brane. Wings lengthened, pointed ; the outer quills 
graduated ; the fourth and fifth quills equal, and 
longest. Tail moderate, forked. Feet as in Eury- 
laimus, but the tarsus is shorter. The fissirostral 
type. 
P. Blainvillii. Less. Voy. Coq. pi. 19. f. 2. 
PsARisoMUs, Svv.t General structure of Eurylaimus ; 
but the bill is small, and only of an ordinary size. 
Tail rather lengthened. 
P. Dalhousia:. Wilson. 111. of Zool. ? 
* M. Lesson places this and Cymbirynchus^ in his genus Erolla. 
+ Never having seen a specimen, lean only judge of this 
type by the figure in Dr. Royle’s work on Hyraalayan Natural 
Its striking resemblance to a Psaris, and the smallness of its bill, inaKes me 
conclude it is the most aberrant, or tenuirostral typo. 
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