Genus BATRACHOSTOMUS, Oould. 
Characteres Generici. 
Rostrum latius, ac magis depressum quam in genere Podargus dicto, (cui generi hoc approximat) culmine minus cari- 
nato, Nares tubulares, transvershi posita et penicillis tecta. Oculi superne cute nudd lati marginati, et cristulis 
plumosis, alterd superciliari, alterd infra-oculari, postice spectantibus instructi. Alae quam in Podargo longiores, 
remigihus quarto, quinto, sexto et septimo longissimis et inter se fere aqualibus. Cauda mediocris et rotundata. Tarsi 
digUique non tantum breviores sed debiliores quam in Podargo ; tarsi antice per dimidium plumosi. 
BATRACHOSTOMUS AURITUS. 
IMas. Batr. capite dorsoque superiore castaneis, lineis, guttisque irregularibus cervinis, fuscisque, ornatis ; torque nuchali 
cervino ; tectricibus ala saturate castaneis, nigro, notisque triangularibus stramineis ornatis ; primariis saturate fuscis, 
rufo irregulariter fasciatis apicibus rufis ; scapularibus rufescentibus, singulis plumis nigro ad apicem guttatis ; se- 
condariis cauddque rufo-castaneis, lineis pallidioribus nigrescente marginatis, fasciatis ; fasciis cauda nigro adspersis ; 
dorso imo fusco, rufo nigroque fasciato, cristuld superciliari fusco, stramineoque pictd ; cristuld infra-oculari rufescente, 
plumarum marginibus externis stramineis; guld pectoreque rufo-fuscis, illd, colore pallidiore, necnon nigro, fasciatd ; 
hoc stramineo fasciato ; abdomine cervino, colore pallidiore fasciato, plumis nonnullis nigro ad apicem guttatis ; rostro 
ad basin flavo, ad apicem rufo-fusco ; pedibus aurantiacis. 
PcEM. VEL Mas Jun. Dijfert solummodo plumis plus griseo lavatis, pracipue scapularibus, torque nuchali pallidiore, plu- 
marum apicibus cervinis nigro irregubariter cinctis. 
Long. tot. 16 unc.; rostri ab angulo oris ad apicem, latitudo, 2f ; alre, 11^; caudee, 8-^; tarsi, i 
Male. Head, and upper part of the back chestnut brown, each feather crossed by several irregular, reddish 
cream-coloured bars, which are bounded on each side with narrow lines of dark brown, the intermediate 
spaces being sprinkled with the same colour ; feathers of the back of the neck largely tipped with reddish 
cream colour, forming a broad crescent round the back of the neck ; wing coverts dark chestnut brown, ir- 
regularly rayed with black, each feather terminated with a triangular, cream-coloured mark, which is bounded 
on each of its upper sides Avith a patch of black, the extremity of each of these feathers having a spatulate 
reemwed form ; primaries dark brown, passing into reddish brown at the tip, and crossed by irregular bars of 
the reddish brown, which latter colour, especially on the inner webs, is sprinkled Avith blackish brown ; scapu- 
laries the same, but Avith rufous tint pervading the whole, and each feather with a circular spot of black at 
the extremity of the stem ; secondaries and tail reddish chestnut, each feather crossed by broad bars of a 
lighter tint, AAdiich are bounded on each side A\nth a hne of blackish brown, and those on the tail sprinkled 
with the same colour ; loAver part of the back dark broAvn, crossed by bars of reddish brown, which are 
bounded Avith black ; tuft above the eye mottled brown and cream colour, that beneath the eye reddish brown 
Avith the outer webs cream colour ; throat and chest rufous brown, the former crossed by indistinct bars of a 
lighter tint and black, and the latter by bars of cream colour which assume a spatulate form on the tips of 
some of the feathers, and give a spotted appearance to this part ; the remainder of the under surface pale 
reddish faAvn, crossed with indistinct bars of a still lighter tint, some of the feathers haAung a small spot of 
black near the tip ; bill yellow at the base, passing into reddish broAvn at the tip ; feet orange yellow. 
Female or Young Male. Less in size ; similar in the character of its colouring, but the Avhole of the upper 
and under surface strongly tinged with grejf, especially on the scapularies ; the nuchal collar much paler, with 
the cream-coloured tips of the feathers bounded both above and below Avith a broad irregular line of black. 
Podargus auritus, App. to Mem. of Sir T. S. Raffles, p. 652. Vig. & Horsf. in Griffith’s Transl. of Cuv. An. 
Kingd., vol. 2. PI. IV. p. 114. 
We are indebted to the researches of the late Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles for our knoAvledge of this very 
singular species. It is a native of Sumatra, Malacca, &c., and was first described in the A|)pendix to Lady 
Raffles’ Memoir of her distinguished husband; but nothing whatever is known as to its habits or economy. 
The figures are of the natural size. 
