13. CVANOI'S, 77 



Le Kotterea, Levaill. II. N. Barbus, ii. p. 87, pi. 38 (1806). 



Capito zeiloniciis, Vieil^. iV. Did. iv. p. 49D (1816). 



Megalaima caniceps (jice Frankl.), Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 420 (18-tG) ; 



Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 06 (1849, pt.) ; Layard, Ann. ^ 



May. N. II. (2) xiii. p. 44(5 (1854) ; Cass. U. S. Krped. (Perry), 



p. 242 (IS.56). 

 Bucco cauiceps, Blyth, J. A. S. Beny. xv. p. 282 (1846). 

 Bucco viridis {nee liodd.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 144 (1853). 

 Meoalaima zevlonica, Blijth, J. A. S. Beny. xx. p. 151 (1851); 



Kelaart, Brodr. Cat. p. 127 (1852) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 



E.I. Co. ii. p. 638 (1856) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 311 (1862) ; Goffin, 



Mus. Pai/s-Bas, Buccones, p. .34 (1863) ; Grai/, List Capit. Brit. 



Mus. p. "13 (1868); id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. llh, no. 8458 (1870) ; 



Iloldsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 429 ; Huine, Nests ^- Eyys Ind. B. p. 130 



(1873) ; Leyye, Ibis, 1874, p. 15. 

 Megalagnia zeyioniea, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 296 ; Marshall, Monogr. 



Capit. p. 95, pi. 40 (1871) ; Hmne, Sir. F. viii. p. 369 (1878), ix. 



p. 88 (1879) ; Leyge, B. C ylon, p. 208, pi. 10. fig. 1 (1879). 



Adult male. Similar to C. caniceps but smaller, with all the 

 colours intensilied, the green colour lighter, the brown darker, and 

 the light streaks and spots much more strongly developed : " bill 

 dull orange or fleshy red ; legs and feet sickly yellow or pale 

 olivaceous yellow ; iris reddish brown, with a pale outer circle, 

 sometimes brownish buff ; orbital skin dull yellow " ( W. V. Legge). 

 Total length 9"S inches, culmen 1-3, wing 4*5, tail 2-75, tarsus 

 1-15. 



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

 inches, culmen 1-2.5, wing 4-4, tail 2*9, tarsus I'Do. 



Young. All the plumage softer and more fluffy ; the brown of the 

 head and throat much paler than in the adults, and the streaks 

 almost obsolete ; the green plumage much lighter than in the adults, 

 and scarcely showing any streaks or spots. 



Hab. Replaces C. caniceps in Travancore and Ceylon. 



a-^. Ad. et imm. Cevlon (i/^, 3ei'i7/). Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. 

 i. 2 ad. sk. S.W. Ceylon, April 22 ( W. V. Hume Coll. 



Ley ye). 

 k, I. cJ ad. ; m, Hangwella, Ceylon, March, Dec. Tweeddale Coll. 



n,o. 2 ad.sk. {S. Chapman). 



p. 2 ad. sk. Radwella, Ceylon, March 21 {S. Tweeddale Coll. 



Chapman). 

 q. cJ ad. sk. Roesgode, Ceylon, March 24 {S. Tweeddale Coll. 



Chap7na7i). 

 r. (S ad. sk. Valadoora, Ceylon, April (.S. Tweeddale Coll. 



Chapman). 

 s. 2 iJ- sk. Ragam Corale, Ceylon, Dec. 2 Hume CoU. 



{Messrs. Hart), 

 t-b'. Xd.etimm. Anjaugo, Travancore, Dec. Hume Coll. 



sk. 



