1875.] THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 323 



CAPITONID.E. 



MEGAL^MINiE. 



Xanthol^ma, Bonaparte. 

 50. Xanthol^ma h^macephala. 



Le Barhu des Philippines, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 99, " Philippensibus Insulis " (17G0), descr, orig. 



Barhu des FhiUppines, D'Aubent. PL Enl. 331. 



Barbu a gorge jaune, Buff. H. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 102, pi. 5, 



Bucco hcemacephalus, L. S. Miiller, Suppl. p. 88, " Philippines " (1776), ex PI. Enl. 331. 



Bucco flavigula, Bodd. Tabl. p. 30, ex PI. Enl. 331 (1783). 



Bucco philiiypensis, Gm. S. N. ed. xiii., i. p. 407, no. 7, ex Briss. (1788). 



Capito flavicollis, Vieill. Enc. Method. Orn. iii. p. 1424, "Les grandes Indes " (1823), ex 

 Brisson. 



Indian Barhet, Lath. Syn. Suppl. p. 57, no. 18, " India" (1787). 



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



Le Barhu a collier rouge, Le Vaillant, H. Nat. Barhus, p. 78, pi. 35, "une grande partie 

 de rinde." 



Bucco rubrieollis, Cuv. R. An. i. p. 457 (1829), ex Le Vaill. pi. 35. 



Le Barbu a plastron rouge, male, Le Vaillant, torn. cit. p. 81, pi. 30, "une grande partie 

 de rinde." 



Bucco luteus. Less. Trait, p. 163, " Pondicherry " (1831); Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 21 

 (var. lutea). 



Bucco rafflesius, Boie, Briefe aus Ostind. no. 15, "Sumatra" (1832). 



Xantholamia p)hiUp)p€nsis (Brisson), Bonaparte, Consp. Volucr. Zygodactyl. p. 12 (1854). 



Xantholcema indica (Lath.), Jerdon, Birds of India, i. p. 315 (1862). 



Megalcema philippensis (Gm.), v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 20, no. 111. 



Xantholcema hcemacephala (Miill.), Marsh. Monogr. Capitonidce, pi. 42, " Umballa" (1870). 



%Le 'petit Barbu, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 105, " Senegal." 



% Barbu du Senegal, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. 746. f. 2. Tr Z S ix 



1 Bucco parvus, Gm. S. N. ed. xiii., i. p. 407. no. 9 (1788), ex Buff. P- 157. 



1 Bucco nanus, Bodd. Tabl. p. 47, ex PI. Enl. 746. f. 2 (1783). 



Hab. Luzon {Meyer) ; Zamboanga (v. Martens). 



The Messrs. Marshall {op. cit.), after a comparison made between Indian and Philippine 

 examples, arrived at the conclusion that individuals from all parts of India could not be 

 specifically separated from the Philippine species. Numerous individuals from Luzon, in • 

 Dr. Meyer's collection, enable me on the whole to adopt this opinion. Taken collectively, the 

 Luzon birds, while agreeing in general dimensions with those from various parts of continental 

 India, have a longer and more massive bill ; the red occipital feathers extend further back, 

 terminating in a line with the ends of the yellow supercUium ; the green of the upper plumage 

 is some shades darker ; and the longitudinal centres of the pectoral and abdominal feathers are 



