Genus BATRACHOSTOMUS, Gould.

CHARACTERES GENERICa.

Rostrum latius, ac magis depressum quam in genere Podareus dicto, (cui L y
ee ws gus dicto, Ce genert hoc approximat) culmine minis cari-
[ ue Oculi superne cute nudd late marginati, et cristulis
mfra-oculari, postice spectantibus mstructi,
t septimo longissimis et inter se fere
digitique non tantum breviores sed debiliore

; et penicillis tecte.
plumosis, alterd superciliari, alterd Al yp IE

e quam im Podargo longiores,
equalibus. Cauda mediocris et rotundata, Tarsi
farsi antice per dimidium plumosi.

remigibus quarto, quinto, sexto e

S$ quam in Podargo ;

BATRACHOSTOMUS AURITUS.

Mas. Batr. capite dorsoque superiore cas OMe Tene ; . ;
S- . 5( SU castaneis, 2S, guttisque irre - ca en ee ; :
; oe - i} lineis, guttisque wregularibus cervinis, Juscisque, ornatis ; torque nuchali

cervino ; tectricibus ale saturate castaneis nigro, notis fe . ee :
‘ S, , notisque triangularibus stramineis or ymarte > fuser

A gu S siraminets ornatis ; 4 S saturate fuscis
Pepurrcaularte @fasciatis apicibus + atc oe primaris saturate fuscis,
: oe ees S aprerdus rupis ; scapularibus rufescentibus, singulis plumis nigro ad apicem guttatis ; se-
condariis cauddque rufo-castaneis, lineis pallidioribus nigrescente

dorso imo fusco, rufo nigroque fasciato, cristuld supercihari fusco,

plumarum marginibus externis stramineis :

marginatis, fasciatis ; fasciis caude migro adspersis ;
stramineoque pictd ; cristuld ufra-oculari rufescente,
oh UM guld pectoreque rufo-fuscis, illd, colore pallidiore, necnon migro, fasciata ;
hoc stramineo fasciato ; abdomine cervino, colore pallidiore Fasciato, plumis nonnullis nigro ad apicem guttatis ; rostro
ad basin flavo, ad apicem rufo-fusco ; pedibus aurantiacis,

Fam. ven Mas Jun. Differt solummodd plumis plus griseo lavatis, precipue scapularibus, torque nuchal pallidiore, plu-
marum apicibus cervinis nigro irregulariter cinctis.
Long. tot. 16 une.; rostri ab anculo oris ad apicem, 24, latitudo, 2%; ale, 111; caude, 81; tarsi, ro

Mave. 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 with a patch of black, the extremity of each of these feathers having a spatulate
recurved 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 with blackish brown ; scapu-
laries the same, but with rufous tmt 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, which are bounded on each side with a line of blackish brown, and those on the tail sprinkled
th the same colour; lower part of the back dark brown, crossed by bars of reddish brown, which are
bounded with black ; tuft above the eye mottled brown and cream colour, that beneath the eye reddish brown
with 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 fawn, crossed with indistinct bars of a still lighter tint, some of the feathers having a small spot of

black near the tip ; bill yellow at the base, passing into reddish brown at the tip; feet orange yellow.

Less in size; similar in the character of its colouring, but the whole of the upper

FemMALe or YounG Mate. ie
especially on the scapularies ; the nuchal collar much paler, wit

and under surface strongly tinged with grey, eee
the cream-coloured tips of the feathers bounded both above and below with 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. Pl. IV. p. 114.

aes a for our k Jee of this ver
W indebted to the researches of the late Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles for our ale L
BE are indebted t ane ate ‘ribed in the Appendix to Lac
Mian cpecies. It is a native of Sumatra, Malacca, &c., and was first described in : a I ady
singular species. oe oe ce eal ; to its habits or economy.
Raffles’ Memoir of her distinguished husband ; but nothing whatever is known as : i
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The figures are of the natural size.