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1. Chotorhea corvina. 



Bucco corvinus, Temm. PL Col. iii. pi. 522 (1831, ex Heimv.) ; JIartl. 



Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 337. 

 Megalaima corvina, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 429 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 144 (18-50) ; Goffin, Mus. Pays-Bas, Buccones, p. 30 (1863, pt.) ; 

 Gray, List Capit. Brit. Mm. p. 12 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 175, 

 no. 8454 (1870). 

 Megalsema corvina, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. 1854, p. 12 ; Marshall, 

 Monoyr. Capit. p. 49, pi. 23 (1871) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. 

 p. 446 (1882); Nicholson, Ibis, 1881, p. 142. 

 Chotorea corvina, Vordenn. Tijdschr. Nedcrl. Ind. xlv. p. 320 

 (1885). 

 Adult male. Grass-green, -with a slight shade of blue on a few 

 of the feathers of the upper parts ; -wing-coverts like the back, quills 

 blackish, externally grass-green, -with a slight blue shade on the 

 outer -web of some of them, the primaries yellowish towards the 

 ends of the outer -web ; tail green, also shaded -with blue ; head 

 brown, rather hoary in appearance and -with a golden gloss, the 

 hind neck golden yellow forming a collar ; lores, sides of face, and 

 throat dark brown, with a slight golden gloss, especially on the side 

 of the fore neck ; remainder of the under surface from the fore neck 

 downwards dull emerald-green, with more or less of a bluish wash ; 

 under wing-coverts and quill-lining pale brown : " bill black, lead- 

 colour at base ; feet lead-colour with an ochre-yellow tint, claws 

 dark horn-colour ; iris vandyke-brown ; skin of eye black '' ( Vor- 

 derman). Total length 10-3 inches, culmen 1*6, wing 4-8, tail 3-2, 

 tarsus 1'2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 10-5 

 inches, culmen 1-45, wing 4'8, tail 3"3, tarsus 1"25. 

 Hah. Java. 



a. Ad. St. Java. Leyden Museum [P.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Java. Tweeddale Coll. 

 d,e. c? $ ad. sk. Java {Mus. Liu/d.). Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 /. Ad. sk. W. Java {A. li. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. W. Java {A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



h. Ad. ; i. S W. Java. Wallace Coll. 



ad. sk. 



k. Skeleton. Java. Eyton Coll. 



2. Chotorhea javensis. 



Le Barbu Kotorea, Levaill. Ois. de Paradis, Barbus, Suppl. p. 42, 



fig. C (1806). 

 Bucco javensis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 181 (1820); JIartl. 



Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 337. 

 Bucco kotorea, Temm. PI. Col. iii. texte Barbus (1831). 

 Bucco tristis, Draj). Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. ii. p. 195 (1822). 

 Megalaima javensis. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 429 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 143 (1«50); Giffin, Mus. Pays-Bas, Buccones, p. 19 (1863); 



Gray, List Capit. Brit. Mies. p. 5 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii.p 174, 



no. 8434 (1870). 

 Chotorhea javensis, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Zygod. p. 12 (1854). 



