. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . cies are now known, two of which are peculiar to Borneo. 945. Calyptomena viridis. The Green Broadbill. Calyptomena viridis, Itaffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 295 (1822);Blyth, Cat. p. 196; id. Birds Burm. p. 124; Horsf. ^- M. Cat. p. 120;Stoliczka, J. A. >S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 284; Jlutue i^- Bav. S. F. vi,pp. 86, 499; Hutne, Cat. no. 137 bis ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 422 ; Sclater,Cat. B. M. xiv, p. 456 ; Oates in Hiwies N. 8s E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 288. Coloration. Male. Bright green throughout, slightly paler onthe abdomen; a minute y
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . cies are now known, two of which are peculiar to Borneo. 945. Calyptomena viridis. The Green Broadbill. Calyptomena viridis, Itaffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 295 (1822);Blyth, Cat. p. 196; id. Birds Burm. p. 124; Horsf. ^- M. Cat. p. 120;Stoliczka, J. A. >S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 284; Jlutue i^- Bav. S. F. vi,pp. 86, 499; Hutne, Cat. no. 137 bis ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 422 ; Sclater,Cat. B. M. xiv, p. 456 ; Oates in Hiwies N. 8s E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 288. Coloration. Male. Bright green throughout, slightly paler onthe abdomen; a minute yellow spot in front of the eye; sides offorehead (greatly concealed by loral feathers), a large spot behind CALTPTOMENA. 13 the ear-coverts, three bands across the wiug-coverts, and the wing-feathers (except the outer webs of the secondaries and the basalportion of the outer webs in the primaries) black. Female duller and paler green throughout, especially below ;no black marks ; wing-feathers brown. Young birds are like thefemales, but duller in P^ig. 7.—Head of C. viridis. Upper mandible pale horny to brown or even black, the tip andthe lower mandible light reddish horny or brownish orange; gapeorange ; iris dark brown; legs pale dirty or horny green, sometimestinged with bluish, sometimes with purplish grey. Males, length about 75; tail 2 ; wing 4*2; tarsus 8; billfrom gape 11. Females are rather larger, wing about 4*4. Distribution. Tenasserim from Amherst southward, also theMalay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Habits, Sfc. According to Davison this beautiful Broadbill livesentirely on fruit. It keeps to the forests and frequents the topsof the trees singly, in pairs, or in small parties. It is only activein the mornings and evenings. The note is a soft nests have been taken in Tenasserim by Mr. J. Darling,and are egg-shaped, measuring about 9 inches by 4, pinched flatat the top, along the twig from which each is suspended, andending in a tail, so
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