98 capitonibyE. 



1019. Xantholaenia haematocephala. The Crimson-breasterl 

 Barhet or Coppersmith. 



Bucco hfematocephalus, P. L. S. Milll. Natursyst., Anhawj, p. 88 



(1776). 

 Bucco philippinensis, Gm. Si/sf. Nat. i, p. 407 (1788) ; Sundevall, 



A. M. N. H.(\)x^\i\,^.'m. 

 Bucco indicus, Lath. hid. Orn. i, p. 205 (1790). 

 Megalaima philippensis, Blyth, Cat. p. (38. 

 XanthohTema indica, Horsf. Sf M. Cat. ii, p. 644; Jerdon, B. I. i, 



p. 315 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 22 : KiiH/, ibid. 



p. 214; Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 416; McMnster, J. A. S. B. xl, 



pt. 2, p. 209; Walden, Ibis, 1871, p. 162. 

 Xanthola^ma haBiuacephala, Marshall, Mon. Cap. p. 101, pi. 42; 



Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 407 ; Adam, S. F. ii, p. 466 ; Butler, 



S. F. iii, p. 460 ; ix, p. 387 ; Blanford, S. F. v, p. 245 ; Hu7ne ^ 



I)av. S. F. vi, p. 155 ; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 206 ; Cripps, ibid. p. 264 ; 



Legqe, Birds Ceyl. p. 218 ; Hume, Cat. no. 197 ; Scully, S. F. viii, 



p. 253 ; Vidal, 'S. F. ix, p. 54 ; Reid, S. F. x, p. 26 ; 'Oates, B. B. 



ii, p. 136 ; id. in Hume's N. i^- E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 329 ; Barnes, Birds 



Bom. p. 122 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 69. 

 Megalaema hffimacepbala, Blyth ^ Wald. Birds Burm. p. 74 ; Fair- 



bank, S. F. v, p. 397. 

 Xantholaima ha^uiatocephala, Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 89. 



Kat-Khora, Tambaynt, H. ; Chota hussunt bairi, Chota-benebo, Beng. ; 

 Phuuk Bussunt, Manbhiim ; Btissunta lisora, N.W.P. ; Juktuk,^ Mahr. ; 

 ToA-o/V, Tel.; Kokoorupan, Tamil (Ceylon); Kotoruwa, Mal-Kotoruwa, 

 Cing'. ; Hnet-jjadane, Burui. 



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Fig. 27. — Head of A'. hcBmatocephala. 



Coloration. Lores black ; forehead and sinciput crimson, a black 

 band across the vertex extending down each side of the head 

 behind the eye to the malar region ; occiput and sides of neck 

 greyish green, remainder of upper parts olivaceous green, varying 

 to yellowish ; primary-coverts and quills blackish, the quills with 

 pale yellow inner margins, and some primaries pale-edged outside 

 near the tip ; a broad supercilium and a still broader streak below 

 the eye, with the chin and throat, bright yellow ; fore neck crimson, 

 fringed below by golden yellow ; breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts yellowish white, streaked longitudinally with olive or 

 olivaceous green, especially on the flanks ; tail faintly washed 

 beneath with pale verditer-blue. 



