Genus PARADOXORNIS, Gould, 
Characteres Generici. 
Rostrum altitudine longitudinem superam, ad basin vibrissis instrtictum : mandibuld superiore vaMi compressd j culmine 
acuto, valde arcuato ; tomio edentulo, apicem versus valde incurvo, ad basin producto : mandibulA inferiore ad basin 
lata, robustd j tomio emarginato. Nares rotundatce, pone rostrum sitce. Alfe breves, rotundatae; remigihus 
quartd, quintd, et sexta longioribus. Cauda mediocris, gradata. Tarsi robusti, Iceves. Pedes magni, subtus lati : 
digitis magnis ; halluce ungueque postico maximis. Ptilosis ampla, laxa. 
PARADOXORNIS FL A VIROSTRIS, Gould. 
Yellow-billed Paradoxornis. 
Par. arenaceo-brunneus, suhtiis pallidior ; capite nuchdque rufo-brunneis ; auribus partini aterrimis ; facie guttureque 
albis nigro variis, pectore nigro ; rostris splendide aurantiaco-favis ; pedibus caerulescentibus. 
Long. tot. 8 unc . ; rostri, -i- ; alae, 3-|- ; caudee, 4^ ; tarsi, 1^. 
Crown of tlie head, and back of the neck rich rufous bromi ; all the upper surface, wings, and tail sandy brown ; 
face and throat white, mottled with black ; part of the ear-coverts jet black ; upper part of the chest greyish 
white clouded with black ; under smTace pale sandy browTi ; bill rich orange yellow ; tarsi and feet bluish. 
Paradoxornis favirostris, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part IV. 1836. p. 17 ; and Magazine of Zool. and Bot. vol. 
1. p. 62. 
In the year 1836 I procured a single example of this anomalous bird, together with the Eurylaimus Dalhoiisiee, 
and several other rare Himalayan species of a person who was not aware of the precise locality they were from. 
I believe that my specimen, which has been since added to the collection of the Zoological Society, is quite 
unique, and that no other bird even approaching it in form has yet been discovered : in its soft lax plumage, 
rounded wing, and tail, and powerful foot and tarsi, it offers a striking resemblance to the members of the 
genus Pomatorhinus ; its arched and compressed bill, however, at once distinguishes it from that form : the 
situation of the nostrils, which are behind the bill, together with the stiff hairs which spring from the base 
of this organ, also serve to distinguish it from the Pomatorhini ; but a knowledge of its habits and the 
examination of other allied species, which in all probability are yet to be discovered, will alone enable 
the ornithologist to determine its real situation in the natural system. 
The figures are of the natural size. 
