. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . ls rounded,exposed, at base of bill. Wings and tail rounded, the wing muchlonger than the tail. Rictal bristles present but small. Scutellationof tarsus in front almost obsolete, inside of tarsus covered with anundivided lamina. Upper plumage chiefly black and yellow ; lower plumage whollyor in part vinaceous red. Two species are known, ranging fromTenasserim to the Malay Archipelago. Key to the Species. Larger ; head and neck dark vinaceous red , p. 4. Smaller ; head and throat black E. ochromelas, p. 5. b2 BFEYLyi:MIDyE. 9
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . ls rounded,exposed, at base of bill. Wings and tail rounded, the wing muchlonger than the tail. Rictal bristles present but small. Scutellationof tarsus in front almost obsolete, inside of tarsus covered with anundivided lamina. Upper plumage chiefly black and yellow ; lower plumage whollyor in part vinaceous red. Two species are known, ranging fromTenasserim to the Malay Archipelago. Key to the Species. Larger ; head and neck dark vinaceous red , p. 4. Smaller ; head and throat black E. ochromelas, p. 5. b2 BFEYLyi:MIDyE. 937. Eurylaemus javanicus. HorsfieUVs Broadhill. Eurylaimus javanicus, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 170 (1821) ; Blyth, Cat. p. 195 ; Horsf. ^- M. Cat. p. 116. ^Eurylsemus javanicus, Blyth, Birds Bnrm. p. 125 ; Hwne, S. F. ii, p. 470; id. Cat. no. 139 ter ; Davison, S. F. v, p. 456; Hume 8)- Dav. S. F. vi, pp. 89, 499; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 157 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 427 ; id. in Humes N. &• E. 2nd ed. p. 294; Sclater, Cat, B. M. xiv, p. Head of L. javanicus. Coloration. Male. Whole head aud neck deep purplish red,lores blackish, crown and nape very dark, ear-coverts muchbrighter; a very narrow white line below the eye; hind neckbrownish, back and upper tail-coverts mixed black and brightyellow, basal portion of interscapulary feathers white; wingsblack, each primary with a yellow spot at the base, each secondarywith a long yellow spot on the outer weh, inner webs of all quillswhitish near the base ; tail black, all feathers except the middlepair with a subterminal fulvous white spot or band. Lower partsvinaceous red, the throat washed with dusky bronze, a narrowblack band across the breast and a distinctly bronzed gorget behindit, lower breast and abdomen brighter red; under wing-covertsmostly yellow, edge of wing the same, thigh-coverts dark brown. Female. Similar, but without the black pectoral band. Young birds have the head and nape yellowish brown, the shaft
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