XANTHOLAOMA. 389 
“Adult (type of species).—Upper half and sides of the head gray, 
passing into white on the sides of the forehead and throat; all feathers 
of the forehead and a broad central band through the crown to the nape, 
ornamented with glossy, black, horny appendages, and having the subter- 
minal portion of each feather white; a broad band of similarly horn- 
tipped feathers extending down the center of the throat; back of the 
neck deep chestnut; remainder of the upper parts deep glossy green, 
inclining to purplish blue on the quills and tail; the feathers of the 
latter with white ends; at the base of the neck a broad golden rufous semi- 
circle bordering the white throat and blending into the deep chestnut of 
the sides of the neck and chest; abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts 
brownish black, washed with a dark green gloss on the outside of the 
thigh-coverts; under wing-coverts deep chestnut like the breast; quills 
uniform glossy black; eyelashes strong and black. ‘Orbital patch and 
iris red; bill horn-yellow; legs gray.’ (Hverett.) Length, 432; cul- 
men, 38; wing, 155; tail, 229; tarsus, 41. 
“Nestling.—Upper half and sides of the head, wings, and body, both 
above and below, dark reddish brown; the quills and base of the tail 
glossy greenish black, with which color other portions of the wings are 
mottled ; a broad white end to the tail; neck all round rufous, passing into 
rufous-gray on the chin.” (Shelley.) 
A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Wing, 158; tail, 230; 
culmen from base, 37; bill from nostril, 27; tarsus, 41; middle toe with 
claw, 39. 
Order SCANSORES. 
BARBETS. 
Bill stout and strong; nostrils at base of bill and visible from above, 
partly covered by long stiff bristles; wings moderate; first primary very 
short ; tail short and nearly square; rectrices ten; toes four, the outer one 
reversed, middle and inner ones united for their basal joints. 
Suborder CAPITONES. 
Characters same as those given for the Order. 
Family CAPITONIDZ. 
Characters same as those given for the Order. 
Genus XANTHOLASMA Bonaparte, 1854. 
Bristles about bill reaching beyond its tip; a small bunch of shorter 
bristles on chin; a narrow circle of bare skin around eye; prevailing color 
green with patches of red and yellow; length, about 150 mm. Individuals 
of the Philippine species are solitary and may be observed perched in 
