. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 124 THE BRAZILIAN MOTMOT. upward. The scapularies are long and sharp in form, and their color is a, beautifully pure white, contrasting strongly with tlie deej? black of the upper part of the body. At the upjier angle of each wing there is a well-detined orange line, and a white spot on the inside. The wedge-shaped tail is black, the thigh is blackish-brown, and the legs are brown. The color of the eyes is blue, which changes to green soon after death, and then fades wholly into dullness
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 124 THE BRAZILIAN MOTMOT. upward. The scapularies are long and sharp in form, and their color is a, beautifully pure white, contrasting strongly with tlie deej? black of the upper part of the body. At the upjier angle of each wing there is a well-detined orange line, and a white spot on the inside. The wedge-shaped tail is black, the thigh is blackish-brown, and the legs are brown. The color of the eyes is blue, which changes to green soon after death, and then fades wholly into dullness. By the natives the bird is called Burong- palano, or Tam-i^alano. Several other species of Eurylaimus are known to science, all of them being handsome and remarkable birds. The Great Eurylaimus {Euryla'imus conjd-on), for example, is notable for the great width of the beak, its bright rosy hue, its hooked form, and the very wide gape of the mouth. The plumage, too, is colored in a very bold and striking man- ner. The general hue is jet black, relieved by a large white mark on the middle of the wing, another at the extremity of the tail, and a small scarlet patch of elongated feathers in the centre of the back. As a general rule, the birds of this group adliere to the above-mentioned colors, but there is a curious and notable exception in the person of the Dalliousie's Eurylaimus {Psa- risbinus daUiouske), whose plumage is tinted with blue, green, and yellow, after the manner of many paroquets. Indeed, the general aspect of the bird irresistibly reminds the observer of a paroquet, and the semblance is further increased by its long azure tail The Motmots, so called from their monot- onous cry, which is thought to resemble the syllables mot-mot continually repeated, are in- habitants of tropical America and the adjacent parts of the world. There are several species of these curious and beautiful birds ; but as their habits and form are very similar, they can be suffic
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