Batrachostomus affinis Blyth, Jour. As. Soc. Bengal (1847),
1180; Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 426, pl. 45; Hartert,
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 16, 643; Everett, Ibis (1895), 38;
Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 43; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 51.
Palawan (Everett, White). Malay Peninsula, southern Tenasserim,
Borneo, Sumatra.
Adult.--In plumage somewhat similar to B. javensis, but of smaller
size. Hartert gives the measurements of the male as follows: "Length,
about 216; wing, 114; tarsus, 13; width of gape, 25 to 30; culmen,
18 to 20."
Female.--A specimen recently collected in Palawan by White resembles
the brown phase of B. javensis as described under that species. The
specimen was taken near Iwahig on July 10, 1908, with its nest and
two small nestlings. The adult bird measures: Wing, 115; tail, 113;
culmen from base, 20; width of gape, 33; tarsus, 15.
Suborder CORACIÆ.
Family CORACIIDÆ.
Bill broad and slightly depressed; twelve tail-feathers; pectination
of middle claw not comb-like; plumage not mottled, colors gaudy.
Subfamily CORACIINÆ.
Genus EURYSTOMUS Vieillot, 1816.
Bill short and broad; width of gape about equal to culmen; no rictal
bristles and the bristles about bill very short; tail square.