86 



CAPlTOiaD^. 



Xantholaema duvaucelii, Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. 



p. 647 (1850) ; Salvad. Vcc. Borneo, p. 38 (1874) ; Tiveedd. Ibis, 



1877, p. 299 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 240 ; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 792 ; 



Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 3b9 ; Midler, J.f. O. 1882, p. 427; Biittik. 



Notes Leyden Mus. ix. p. 16 (1886) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. 



(2) iv. p. 529 (1887). 

 Megalaima duvaucelii, Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 455 ; Go^n, Mus. 



Pays-Bas, Buccones, p. 28 (1863) ; Gray, List Capit. Brit. Miis. 



p. 11 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 175, no. 8450 (1870). 

 Megalsema duvaucelii, Marshall, Mon^gr. Capit. p. 75, pi. 33. figs. 



1, 2 (1871) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 35, 1877, p. 9 ; Hmyie, Str. F. 



viii. p. 53 (1879). 



Adult male. General colour above grass-green, with sometimes 

 a tinge of blue ; wing-coverts like the back, with the bend of the 

 wing blue; quills blackish, externally green like the back; tail- 

 feathers blue, green on the edges, the centre ones almost entirely 

 green ; forehead and sinciput black, forming a broad band ; hinder 

 crown and nape dull prussian-blue, inclining to verditer ; a loral 

 spot verditer-blue, some of the feathers at the base of the forehead 

 also tipped with verditer ; on each side of the head above the ear- 

 coverts a broad streak of crimson ; region of the eye, ear-coverts, 

 and fore part of cheeks black, with a broad streak of crimson below 

 the eye and another on the hinder cheeks ; throat verditer-blue, 

 followed by a black patch on the lower throat and fore neck, the 

 lower feathers of this patch edged vcilh verditer-blue ; remainder of 

 under surface from the fore neck downwards emerald-green, slightly 

 inclining to golden on the breast ; on the chest there is generally a 

 tinge of scarlet ; under wing-coverts light yellowish green, with the 

 edges of the wing blue. Total length 5"7 inches, culmen 0*7, 

 wing 3, tail 1*65, tarsus 0*8. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 5'2 

 inches, culmen 0"75, wing 3, tail 1"55, tarsus 0-75. 



Young. Entirely green above and below, with a little yellow on 

 the face and cheeks, and a slight appearance of black on the lower 

 throat ; the black on the forehead and all the bright marking of the 

 head and throat absent. 



Hah. Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



a. (S ad. sk. 



6-yt.c? ad.; /-;?.$ 

 ad.etimm. sk. 



y-s. Ad. etjuv.sk. 



a',6'.(5ad.;c', f?'. 

 2 ad. etjuv. sk. 



e'-i'. Ad. etjuv. 

 sk. _ 



k' . 2 imm. sk. 



l\m'. Ad. sk. 



n. Juv. sk. 



Lumut, Dingding River, Feb. 26 



( W. Davison). 

 Ivlang, Salangore, Feb., March, 



June, Jidy, Sept. ( W. Davison). 

 Malacca, July, Aug., Sept. 

 Malacca, Aug. (i?. G. W. R.). 



Malacca {Dr. Cantor). 



Johore, Aug. 9 ( W. Davison). 

 Singapore, Nov. 

 Singapore. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume ColL 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



India Museum. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 



