15. XANTHOL^MA. 95 



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



p. 648 (1850). 

 Megalsenia australis, Marshall, Monogr. Capit. p. 73, pi. 32 ; 



Nicholson, Ibis, 1881, p. 142. 



Adult male. General colour above grass-green with a slight 

 wash of hlue, the wings a little lighter green than the back, with a 

 decided blue shade ou the carpal bend, primary-coverts, and outer 

 edge of the primaries ; tail bluish above and below, the centre 

 feathers washed with green ; forehead and vertex blue, slightly 

 spangled with small central spots of cobalt ; over the eye a streak of 

 cobalt ; ear-coverts light green, with a slight yellowish tinge on 

 the hinder cheeks : fore part of cheeks with a spot of bright 

 yellow ; throat verditer-blue, with paler blue central lines ; the blue 

 throat followed by a black patch on the lower throat, which is 

 followed by a shade of bright yellow on the fore neck, which 

 gradually shades off into the green of the rest of the underparts ; 

 under wing-coverts yellowish buff; quills dusky below, yellowish 

 buff along the inner edges. Total length G-2 inches, culmen 0-7, 

 wing 2-y, tail 2-1, tarsus 07. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but not so brightly coloured. 

 Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-9, tail l-'65, tarsus 

 0-7. 



Eah. Java. 



a,h. S2 ad. sk. E. Java. WaUace Coll. 



c. Ad. sk.- E.Java. Tweeddale Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Java. Tweeddale Coll. 



e. S ad. sk. Java {Diard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Java {Dr. Horsfield). India Museum. 



(Type of species.) 

 g. Ad. sk. [Java.] Goiild CoU. 



4. Xantholaema malabarica. 



Bucco barbiculus (nee Cuv.), Bhjth, J. A. S. Beng. xv. p. 13 (184G); 



Jerd. Madr. Jonrn. xiii. p. 140 (1844). 

 Bucco malabarica, Bhjth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. pp. 386, 465 (1847). 

 Megalaima malabarica, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc., App. p. 336 



(1849); Gvffin, Mus. Bays-Bas, Buccones,; p. 27, note (1863); 



Gray, List Capit. Brit. Mm. p. 9 (1808) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 175, no. 8451 (1870). 

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



p. 647 (1856); Jerd. B. hid. i. p. 317 (1802); id. Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 12 ; Hume, Sir. F. iv. p. 392 (1876), viii. p. 88 (1879) ; Vidal, 

 Str. F. ix. p. 54 (1880) ; Butler, t. c. p. 387 ; id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. 

 Pres. p. 20 (1880); Eeid, Cat. Liuhiow Mus. p. 38 (1886). 

 Megalaeraa malabaiica, Fairb. Str. F. iv. p. 225 (1876) ; Davison, 

 Str. F. X. p. 358 (1877). 



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



