94 CAPITONID^. 



Kelaart. Prodr. Cat. p. 127 (1852); Layard, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. xiii. p. 448 (1854); Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E.I. Co. 

 ii. p. 646 (1854) ; Goffin, Mm. Pays-Bas, Buccones, p. 2.3 (1863) ; 

 Gray, List Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 9 (1868); id. Rand-l. B. ii. 

 p. 174, uo. 8446 (1870). 

 Xantholsema rubricapilla, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 297 ; Marshall, 

 Monogr. Capit. p. 109, pi. 44 (1871); Hokhw. P. Z. S. 1872. 

 p. 430 ; Legqe, Ibis, 1874, p. 15 ; Hume, Str. F. \ii. p. 370 

 (1878), 1879, p. 88; Leyye, B. Ceylon, p. 21-5, pi. xi. tig. 1 

 (1879). 



Adult male. Ptesembles X. malaharica in having the blue shade 

 on the sides of the face and neck, and has the head similar, but 

 differs in having a narrow black line across the base of the fore- 

 head ; also in having the lores and throat, as well as a spot above 

 and another below the eye, orange-yeUow ; the lower throat mixed 

 with black and followed by a scarlet spot on the fore neck: " biU 

 black, pale beneath at the base ; legs and feet opaque coral-red, 

 claws bLickish ; orbital skin dull red ; iris brown or reddish 

 brown "( TF. V. Legrje). Total length 0"5 inches, culmen 0-65, 

 wing 3, tail 1*4, tarsus 0'75. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen 0-(3.5, wing 3, tail 1-45, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



a. Ad. sk. Ceylon. T. Tbwaites,Esq. 



[C] 



6-/(. Ad.etimm.; Ceylon (^. iV^ew^/). Tweeddale Coll. 



i-m. 2 ad. sk. 



n, 0. S ad. sk. Gampala, Feb. {H. Xevill). Tweeddale Coll. 



p. S ad. sk. Valadora, April 22 {S. C/iaptnan). Tweeddale Coll. 



q. Ad. sk. Ambapassa, July 8 (.S'. Chapman). Tweeddale Coll. 



r, s. Ad. sk. Uambookke, July {S. Chapman). Tweeddale Coll. 



t,u. 2 ad.sk. Awisawella, Dec. (.S'. Chapman). Tweeddale Coll. 



v,io. (S 2 ad.sk. Hangwella, Dec. (S. Chapman). Tweeddale Coll. 



x-z. cJad. sk. liagam Corale, April and May Hume Coll. 



{Mes.srs. Hart). 



a'. (S ad. sk. Colombo, Oct. 31 ( W. V. Legge). Hiune Coll. 



b', c'. S 2 ad. sk. Balapetya. Hume Coll. 



d'. 2 ad. sk. Galle, Mav {P. Stoinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



e'. 2 ad. sk. South Ceylon, June 27 ( W. V. Seebohm Coll. 



Legge). ~ 



3. Xantholaema australis. 



Bucco australis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Sac. xiii. p. 101 (1820) ; Hartl. 

 Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 337; Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 446 

 (1847). 



Bucco cyanocephalus, Reinw. Batav. Courant, Feb. 1820. 



Bucco gularis, Teynm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 89. fig. 2 (1824). 



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

 p. 143 (1850) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 358 ; Goffin, Mus. Pays- 

 Bas, Buccones, p. 29 (1863) ; Gray, List Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 11 

 (1868); id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 174, nli. 8449 (1870). 



